diff --git a/apollo-router/src/axum_factory/axum_http_server_factory.rs b/apollo-router/src/axum_factory/axum_http_server_factory.rs
index 0b414f25b1f..08ea743f765 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/axum_factory/axum_http_server_factory.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/axum_factory/axum_http_server_factory.rs
@@ -402,9 +402,10 @@ where
             (license, Instant::now(), Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0))),
             license_handler,
         ))
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http().make_span_with(PropagatingMakeSpan { license }))
         .layer(Extension(service_factory))
-        .layer(cors);
+        .layer(cors)
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http().make_span_with(PropagatingMakeSpan { license }))
+        .layer(middleware::from_fn(metrics_handler));
 
     let route = endpoints_on_main_listener
         .into_iter()
@@ -414,6 +415,17 @@ where
     Ok(ListenAddrAndRouter(listener, route))
 }
 
+async fn metrics_handler<B>(request: Request<B>, next: Next<B>) -> Response {
+    let resp = next.run(request).await;
+    u64_counter!(
+        "apollo.router.operations",
+        "The number of graphql operations performed by the Router",
+        1,
+        "http.response.status_code" = resp.status().as_u16() as i64
+    );
+    resp
+}
+
 async fn license_handler<B>(
     State((license, start, delta)): State<(LicenseState, Instant, Arc<AtomicU64>)>,
     request: Request<B>,
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/mod.rs
index 4c76dcf5b73..9a35aeabeee 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/mod.rs
@@ -833,12 +833,6 @@ impl Telemetry {
                 if !parts.status.is_success() {
                     metric_attrs.push(KeyValue::new("error", parts.status.to_string()));
                 }
-                u64_counter!(
-                    "apollo.router.operations",
-                    "The number of graphql operations performed by the Router",
-                    1,
-                    "http.response.status_code" = parts.status.as_u16() as i64
-                );
                 let response = http::Response::from_parts(
                     parts,
                     once(ready(first_response.unwrap_or_default()))
@@ -850,12 +844,6 @@ impl Telemetry {
             }
             Err(err) => {
                 metric_attrs.push(KeyValue::new("status", "500"));
-                u64_counter!(
-                    "apollo.router.operations",
-                    "The number of graphql operations performed by the Router",
-                    1,
-                    "http.response.status_code" = 500
-                );
                 Err(err)
             }
         };