diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporterStatsHttpServer.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporterStatsHttpServer.cs
index 3db455b70f0..af40141fee8 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporterStatsHttpServer.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.ZPages/ZPagesExporterStatsHttpServer.cs
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public void Start(CancellationToken token = default)
                     new CancellationTokenSource() :
                     CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(token);
 
+                this.httpListener.Start();
+
                 this.workerThread = Task.Factory.StartNew(this.WorkerThread, default, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
             }
         }
@@ -110,8 +112,6 @@ protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
 
         private void WorkerThread()
         {
-            this.httpListener.Start();
-
             try
             {
                 while (!this.tokenSource.IsCancellationRequested)