diff --git a/exporter/collstats_collector.go b/exporter/collstats_collector.go
index 1636f896..f8321de5 100644
--- a/exporter/collstats_collector.go
+++ b/exporter/collstats_collector.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (d *collstatsCollector) collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		collections = fromMapToSlice(onlyCollectionsNamespaces)
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		collections, err = checkNamespacesForViews(d.ctx, client, d.collections)
+		collections, err = checkNamespacesForViewsOrNonExist(d.ctx, client, d.collections, logger)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("cannot list collections", "error", err.Error())
 			return
diff --git a/exporter/common.go b/exporter/common.go
index eeb47cfd..039de2aa 100644
--- a/exporter/common.go
+++ b/exporter/common.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package exporter
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -163,8 +164,8 @@ func unique(slice []string) []string {
 	return list
 }
 
-func checkNamespacesForViews(ctx context.Context, client *mongo.Client, collections []string) ([]string, error) {
-	onlyCollectionsNamespaces, err := listAllCollections(ctx, client, nil, nil, true)
+func checkNamespacesForViewsOrNonExist(ctx context.Context, client *mongo.Client, collections []string, logger *slog.Logger) ([]string, error) {
+	onlyCollectionsNamespaces, err := listAllCollections(ctx, client, collections, nil, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -183,7 +184,10 @@ func checkNamespacesForViews(ctx context.Context, client *mongo.Client, collecti
 		}
 
 		if _, ok := namespaces[collection]; !ok {
-			return nil, errors.Errorf("namespace %s is a view and cannot be used for collstats/indexstats", collection)
+			if logger != nil {
+				logger.Warn("namespace is a view or does not exist, cannot be used for collstats/indexstats", "namespace", collection)
+			}
+			continue
 		}
 
 		filteredCollections = append(filteredCollections, collection)
diff --git a/exporter/common_test.go b/exporter/common_test.go
index eacd6469..3c9dbda5 100644
--- a/exporter/common_test.go
+++ b/exporter/common_test.go
@@ -198,13 +198,14 @@ func TestCheckNamespacesForViews(t *testing.T) {
 	setupDB(ctx, t, client)
 	defer cleanupDB(ctx, client)
 
-	t.Run("Views in provided collection list (should fail)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, err := checkNamespacesForViews(ctx, client, []string{"testdb01.col01", "testdb01.system.views", "testdb01.view01"})
-		assert.EqualError(t, err, "namespace testdb01.view01 is a view and cannot be used for collstats/indexstats")
+	t.Run("Views or non-exist namespace in provided collection list (should fail)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		filtered, err := checkNamespacesForViewsOrNonExist(ctx, client, []string{"testdb01.col01", "testdb01.system.views", "testdb01.non_existent"}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"testdb01.col01"}, filtered)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("No Views in provided collection list", func(t *testing.T) {
-		filtered, err := checkNamespacesForViews(ctx, client, []string{"testdb01.col01", "testdb01.system.views"})
+		filtered, err := checkNamespacesForViewsOrNonExist(ctx, client, []string{"testdb01.col01", "testdb01.system.views"}, nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"testdb01.col01", "testdb01.system.views"}, filtered)
 	})
diff --git a/exporter/indexstats_collector.go b/exporter/indexstats_collector.go
index e2e6f0ab..2cd4a05d 100644
--- a/exporter/indexstats_collector.go
+++ b/exporter/indexstats_collector.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (d *indexstatsCollector) collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		collections = fromMapToSlice(onlyCollectionsNamespaces)
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		collections, err = checkNamespacesForViews(d.ctx, client, d.collections)
+		collections, err = checkNamespacesForViewsOrNonExist(d.ctx, client, d.collections, logger)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("cannot list collections", "error", err.Error())