diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplication.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplication.cs
index aae3b7d1cd90..487cf97820c2 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplication.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplication.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ public Activity? Activity
 
         public long StartTimestamp { get; set; }
         internal bool HasDiagnosticListener { get; set; }
-        public bool EventLogOrMetricsEnabled { get; set; }
+        public bool MetricsEnabled { get; set; }
+        public bool EventLogEnabled { get; set; }
 
         internal HttpActivityFeature? HttpActivityFeature;
         internal HttpMetricsTagsFeature? MetricsTagsFeature;
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@ public void Reset()
 
             StartTimestamp = 0;
             HasDiagnosticListener = false;
-            EventLogOrMetricsEnabled = false;
+            MetricsEnabled = false;
+            EventLogEnabled = false;
             MetricsTagsFeature?.TagsList.Clear();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
index 0d045ee520d8..b14b8d60b0e9 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
@@ -54,14 +54,27 @@ public void BeginRequest(HttpContext httpContext, HostingApplication.Context con
     {
         long startTimestamp = 0;
 
-        if (_eventSource.IsEnabled() || _metrics.IsEnabled())
+        if (_metrics.IsEnabled())
         {
-            context.EventLogOrMetricsEnabled = true;
+            context.MetricsEnabled = true;
             context.MetricsTagsFeature ??= new HttpMetricsTagsFeature();
             httpContext.Features.Set<IHttpMetricsTagsFeature>(context.MetricsTagsFeature);
 
             startTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
 
+            // To keep the hot path short we defer logging in this function to non-inlines
+            RecordRequestStartMetrics(httpContext);
+        }
+
+        if (_eventSource.IsEnabled())
+        {
+            context.EventLogEnabled = true;
+
+            if (startTimestamp == 0)
+            {
+                startTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+            }
+
             // To keep the hot path short we defer logging in this function to non-inlines
             RecordRequestStartEventLog(httpContext);
         }
@@ -135,7 +148,7 @@ public void RequestEnd(HttpContext httpContext, Exception? exception, HostingApp
             // Non-inline
             LogRequestFinished(context, startTimestamp, currentTimestamp);
 
-            if (context.EventLogOrMetricsEnabled)
+            if (context.MetricsEnabled)
             {
                 var route = httpContext.GetEndpoint()?.Metadata.GetMetadata<IRouteDiagnosticsMetadata>()?.Route;
                 var customTags = context.MetricsTagsFeature?.TagsList;
@@ -197,7 +210,7 @@ public void RequestEnd(HttpContext httpContext, Exception? exception, HostingApp
             StopActivity(httpContext, activity, context.HasDiagnosticListener);
         }
 
-        if (context.EventLogOrMetricsEnabled)
+        if (context.EventLogEnabled)
         {
             if (exception != null)
             {
@@ -219,7 +232,7 @@ public void RequestEnd(HttpContext httpContext, Exception? exception, HostingApp
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public void ContextDisposed(HostingApplication.Context context)
     {
-        if (context.EventLogOrMetricsEnabled)
+        if (context.EventLogEnabled)
         {
             _eventSource.RequestStop();
         }
@@ -352,10 +365,15 @@ internal UnhandledExceptionData(HttpContext httpContext, long timestamp, Excepti
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
     private void RecordRequestStartEventLog(HttpContext httpContext)
     {
-        _metrics.RequestStart(httpContext.Request.IsHttps, httpContext.Request.Scheme, httpContext.Request.Method, httpContext.Request.Host);
         _eventSource.RequestStart(httpContext.Request.Method, httpContext.Request.Path);
     }
 
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+    private void RecordRequestStartMetrics(HttpContext httpContext)
+    {
+        _metrics.RequestStart(httpContext.Request.IsHttps, httpContext.Request.Scheme, httpContext.Request.Method, httpContext.Request.Host);
+    }
+
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
     private Activity? StartActivity(HttpContext httpContext, bool loggingEnabled, bool diagnosticListenerActivityCreationEnabled, out bool hasDiagnosticListener)
     {
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
index 08465dd8547d..080c9c8f8026 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,56 @@ public async Task EventCountersAndMetricsValues()
             m => Assert.True(m.Value > 0));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void EventCountersEnabled()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var hostingEventSource = new HostingEventSource(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+
+        var eventListener = new TestCounterListener(new[]
+        {
+            "requests-per-second",
+            "total-requests",
+            "current-requests",
+            "failed-requests"
+        });
+
+        eventListener.EnableEvents(hostingEventSource, EventLevel.Informational, EventKeywords.None,
+            new Dictionary<string, string>
+            {
+                { "EventCounterIntervalSec", "1" }
+            });
+
+        var testMeterFactory = new TestMeterFactory();
+
+        // Act
+        var hostingApplication = CreateApplication(out var features, eventSource: hostingEventSource, meterFactory: testMeterFactory);
+        var context = hostingApplication.CreateContext(features);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(context.EventLogEnabled);
+        Assert.False(context.MetricsEnabled);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MetricsEnabled()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var hostingEventSource = new HostingEventSource(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+
+        var testMeterFactory = new TestMeterFactory();
+        using var activeRequestsCollector = new MetricCollector<long>(testMeterFactory, HostingMetrics.MeterName, "http.server.active_requests");
+        using var requestDurationCollector = new MetricCollector<double>(testMeterFactory, HostingMetrics.MeterName, "http.server.request.duration");
+
+        // Act
+        var hostingApplication = CreateApplication(out var features, eventSource: hostingEventSource, meterFactory: testMeterFactory);
+        var context = hostingApplication.CreateContext(features);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(context.MetricsEnabled);
+        Assert.False(context.EventLogEnabled);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void DisposeContextDoesNotThrowWhenContextScopeIsNull()
     {