diff --git a/promslog/slog.go b/promslog/slog.go
index acce21a3e..3bd817328 100644
--- a/promslog/slog.go
+++ b/promslog/slog.go
@@ -266,5 +266,5 @@ func New(config *Config) *slog.Logger {
 // NewNopLogger is a convenience function to return an slog.Logger that writes
 // to io.Discard.
 func NewNopLogger() *slog.Logger {
-	return slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	return New(&Config{Writer: io.Discard})
 }