diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AsyncInstrumentRegistry.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AsyncInstrumentRegistry.java
index 29970358db29..7c710f857852 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AsyncInstrumentRegistry.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AsyncInstrumentRegistry.java
@@ -44,18 +44,7 @@ <T> void buildGauge(
       @Nullable T obj,
       ToDoubleFunction<T> objMetric) {
 
-    buildGauge(
-        meterId.getName(), description(meterId), baseUnit(meterId), attributes, obj, objMetric);
-  }
-
-  <T> void buildGauge(
-      String name,
-      String description,
-      String baseUnit,
-      Attributes attributes,
-      @Nullable T obj,
-      ToDoubleFunction<T> objMetric) {
-
+    String name = meterId.getName();
     synchronized (gauges) {
       // use the gauges map as lock for the recorder state - this way all gauge-related mutable
       // state will always be accessed in synchronized(gauges)
@@ -69,8 +58,8 @@ <T> void buildGauge(
                     new DoubleMeasurementsRecorder(recorderLock);
                 meter
                     .gaugeBuilder(name)
-                    .setDescription(description)
-                    .setUnit(baseUnit)
+                    .setDescription(description(meterId))
+                    .setUnit(baseUnit(meterId))
                     .buildWithCallback(recorderCallback);
                 return recorderCallback;
               });
@@ -90,6 +79,17 @@ <T> void buildDoubleCounter(
       Attributes attributes,
       T obj,
       ToDoubleFunction<T> objMetric) {
+    buildDoubleCounter(
+        meterId.getName(), description(meterId), baseUnit(meterId), attributes, obj, objMetric);
+  }
+
+  <T> void buildDoubleCounter(
+      String name,
+      String description,
+      String baseUnit,
+      Attributes attributes,
+      @Nullable T obj,
+      ToDoubleFunction<T> objMetric) {
 
     synchronized (doubleCounters) {
       // use the counters map as lock for the recorder state - this way all double counter-related
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ <T> void buildDoubleCounter(
 
       DoubleMeasurementsRecorder recorder =
           doubleCounters.computeIfAbsent(
-              meterId.getName(),
+              name,
               n -> {
                 DoubleMeasurementsRecorder recorderCallback =
                     new DoubleMeasurementsRecorder(recorderLock);
                 meter
-                    .counterBuilder(meterId.getName())
-                    .setDescription(description(meterId))
-                    .setUnit(baseUnit(meterId))
+                    .counterBuilder(name)
+                    .setDescription(description)
+                    .setUnit(baseUnit)
                     .ofDoubles()
                     .buildWithCallback(recorderCallback);
                 return recorderCallback;
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
index dc18d72b0133..077ad37cd8a7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer<T> implements FunctionTimer, RemovableMet
     asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildLongCounter(
         countMeterName, description(id), /* baseUnit = */ "1", attributes, obj, countFunction);
 
-    asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildGauge(
+    asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildDoubleCounter(
         totalTimeMeterName,
         description(id),
         /* baseUnit = */ "ms",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public Id getId() {
   @Override
   public void onRemove() {
     asyncInstrumentRegistry.removeLongCounter(countMeterName, attributes);
-    asyncInstrumentRegistry.removeGauge(totalTimeMeterName, attributes);
+    asyncInstrumentRegistry.removeDoubleCounter(totalTimeMeterName, attributes);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("EqualsWhichDoesntCheckParameterClass")
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/FunctionTimerTest.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/FunctionTimerTest.java
index 4feaa54b936a..f3d27204ffbb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/FunctionTimerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/FunctionTimerTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void testFunctionTimer() throws Exception {
                     assertThat(metric)
                         .hasDescription("This is a test function timer")
                         .hasUnit("ms")
-                        .hasDoubleGauge()
+                        .hasDoubleSum()
                         .points()
                         .satisfiesExactly(
                             point ->
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void testNanoPrecision() {
                 metric ->
                     assertThat(metric)
                         .hasUnit("ms")
-                        .hasDoubleGauge()
+                        .hasDoubleSum()
                         .points()
                         .satisfiesExactly(
                             point -> assertThat(point).hasValue(1.234).attributes())));
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void functionTimersWithSameNameAndDifferentTags() {
                 metric ->
                     assertThat(metric)
                         .hasUnit("ms")
-                        .hasDoubleGauge()
+                        .hasDoubleSum()
                         .points()
                         .anySatisfy(
                             point ->