diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.EventCounters/EventCountersMetrics.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.EventCounters/EventCountersMetrics.cs
index b7797eeb97..2f49fbff06 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.EventCounters/EventCountersMetrics.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.EventCounters/EventCountersMetrics.cs
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ protected override void OnEventSourceCreated(EventSource eventSource)
             }
         }
     }
-    
-    private void EnableEvents(EventSource eventSource)
-    {
-         this.EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.Critical, EventKeywords.None, GetEnableEventsArguments(this.options));
-    }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     protected override void OnEventWritten(EventWrittenEventArgs eventData)
@@ -122,6 +117,11 @@ protected override void OnEventWritten(EventWrittenEventArgs eventData)
         this.UpdateInstrumentWithEvent(hasMean, eventSourceName, name, value);
     }
 
+    private void EnableEvents(EventSource eventSource)
+    {
+         this.EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.Critical, EventKeywords.None, GetEnableEventsArguments(this.options));
+    }
+
     private static Dictionary<string, string> GetEnableEventsArguments(EventCountersInstrumentationOptions options) =>
         new() { { "EventCounterIntervalSec", options.RefreshIntervalSecs.ToString() } };