diff --git a/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go b/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
index ee51e52a..e82e637b 100644
--- a/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
+++ b/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
@@ -183,52 +183,52 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, _ *mi.Session) error {
 		subCollectorADAccessProcesses: {
 			build:   c.buildADAccessProcesses,
 			collect: c.collectADAccessProcesses,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorADAccessProcesses.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorADAccessProcesses.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorTransportQueues: {
 			build:   c.buildTransportQueues,
 			collect: c.collectTransportQueues,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorTransportQueues.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorTransportQueues.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHttpProxy: {
 			build:   c.buildHTTPProxy,
 			collect: c.collectHTTPProxy,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorHTTPProxy.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorHTTPProxy.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorActiveSync: {
 			build:   c.buildActiveSync,
 			collect: c.collectActiveSync,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorActiveSync.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorActiveSync.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorAvailabilityService: {
 			build:   c.buildAvailabilityService,
 			collect: c.collectAvailabilityService,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorAvailabilityService.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorAvailabilityService.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorOutlookWebAccess: {
 			build:   c.buildOWA,
 			collect: c.collectOWA,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorOWA.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorOWA.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorAutoDiscover: {
 			build:   c.buildAutoDiscover,
 			collect: c.collectAutoDiscover,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorAutoDiscover.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorAutoDiscover.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorWorkloadManagement: {
 			build:   c.buildWorkloadManagementWorkloads,
 			collect: c.collectWorkloadManagementWorkloads,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorWorkloadManagementWorkloads.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorWorkloadManagementWorkloads.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorRpcClientAccess: {
 			build:   c.buildRpcClientAccess,
 			collect: c.collectRpcClientAccess,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorRpcClientAccess.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorRpcClientAccess.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorMapiHTTPEmsmdb: {
 			build:   c.buildMapiHTTPEmsMDB,
 			collect: c.collectMapiHTTPEmsMDB,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorMapiHTTPEmsMDB.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorMapiHTTPEmsMDB.Close() },
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv.go b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv.go
index e221e304..b64e570f 100644
--- a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv.go
+++ b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv.go
@@ -182,48 +182,48 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, miSession *mi.Session) error {
 		subCollectorDataStore: {
 			build:          c.buildDataStore,
 			collect:        c.collectDataStore,
-			close:          c.perfDataCollectorDataStore.Close,
+			close:          func() { c.perfDataCollectorDataStore.Close() },
 			minBuildNumber: osversion.LTSC2022,
 		},
 		subCollectorDynamicMemoryBalancer: {
 			build:   c.buildDynamicMemoryBalancer,
 			collect: c.collectDynamicMemoryBalancer,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorDynamicMemoryBalancer.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorDynamicMemoryBalancer.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorDynamicMemoryVM: {
 			build:   c.buildDynamicMemoryVM,
 			collect: c.collectDynamicMemoryVM,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorDynamicMemoryVM.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorDynamicMemoryVM.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHost: {
 			build:   c.buildHost,
 			collect: c.collectHost,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorLogicalProcessor.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorLogicalProcessor.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHypervisorLogicalProcessor: {
 			build:   c.buildHypervisorLogicalProcessor,
 			collect: c.collectHypervisorLogicalProcessor,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorLogicalProcessor.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorLogicalProcessor.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHypervisorRootPartition: {
 			build:   c.buildHypervisorRootPartition,
 			collect: c.collectHypervisorRootPartition,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorRootPartition.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorRootPartition.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHypervisorRootVirtualProcessor: {
 			build:   c.buildHypervisorRootVirtualProcessor,
 			collect: c.collectHypervisorRootVirtualProcessor,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorRootVirtualProcessor.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorRootVirtualProcessor.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorHypervisorVirtualProcessor: {
 			build:   c.buildHypervisorVirtualProcessor,
 			collect: c.collectHypervisorVirtualProcessor,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorVirtualProcessor.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorHypervisorVirtualProcessor.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorLegacyNetworkAdapter: {
 			build:   c.buildLegacyNetworkAdapter,
 			collect: c.collectLegacyNetworkAdapter,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorLegacyNetworkAdapter.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorLegacyNetworkAdapter.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorReplicaVM: {
 			build:   c.buildReplicaVM,
@@ -234,38 +234,38 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, miSession *mi.Session) error {
 		subCollectorVirtualMachineHealthSummary: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualMachineHealthSummary,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualMachineHealthSummary,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualMachineHealthSummary.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualMachineHealthSummary.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualMachineVidPartition: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualMachineVidPartition,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualMachineVidPartition,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualMachineVidPartition.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualMachineVidPartition.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapter: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualNetworkAdapter,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualNetworkAdapter,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapter.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapter.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapterDropReasons: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualNetworkAdapterDropReasons,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualNetworkAdapterDropReasons,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapterDropReasons.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualNetworkAdapterDropReasons.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualSMB: {
 			build:          c.buildVirtualSMB,
 			collect:        c.collectVirtualSMB,
-			close:          c.perfDataCollectorVirtualSMB.Close,
+			close:          func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualSMB.Close() },
 			minBuildNumber: osversion.LTSC2022,
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualStorageDevice: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualStorageDevice,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualStorageDevice,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualStorageDevice.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualStorageDevice.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorVirtualSwitch: {
 			build:   c.buildVirtualSwitch,
 			collect: c.collectVirtualSwitch,
-			close:   c.perfDataCollectorVirtualSwitch.Close,
+			close:   func() { c.perfDataCollectorVirtualSwitch.Close() },
 		},
 		subCollectorWMIHealth: {
 			build:   c.buildWMIHealth,
diff --git a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_test.go b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_test.go
index f38abb4a..b60038d9 100644
--- a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_test.go
+++ b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 package hyperv_test
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/collector/hyperv"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/pdh"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/utils/testutils"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -45,3 +48,17 @@ func TestCollector(t *testing.T) {
 		require.InDelta(t, 1, metric.GetGauge().GetValue(), 0, "Hyper-V WMI health query failed")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestCloseReleasesQuery ensures Close releases the PDH queries of the sub-collectors.
+func TestCloseReleasesQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c := hyperv.New(&hyperv.Config{CollectorsEnabled: []string{"dynamic_memory_balancer"}})
+
+	require.NoError(t, c.Build(slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler), nil))
+	require.NoError(t, c.Close())
+
+	ch := make(chan prometheus.Metric, 100)
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, c.Collect(ch, time.Second), pdh.ErrPerformanceCounterNotInitialized)
+}