diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/KafkaAdminClient.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/KafkaAdminClient.java
index dc3164993b8..12e122b123a 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/KafkaAdminClient.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/KafkaAdminClient.java
@@ -577,10 +577,12 @@ public class KafkaAdminClient extends AdminClient {
                                            Time time) {
         Metrics metrics = null;
         String clientId = generateClientId(config);
+        List<MetricsReporter> reporters = CommonClientConfigs.metricsReporters(clientId, config);
         Optional<ClientTelemetryReporter> clientTelemetryReporter = CommonClientConfigs.telemetryReporter(clientId, config);
+        clientTelemetryReporter.ifPresent(reporters::add);
 
         try {
-            metrics = new Metrics(new MetricConfig(), new LinkedList<>(), time);
+            metrics = new Metrics(new MetricConfig(), reporters, time);
             LogContext logContext = createLogContext(clientId);
             return new KafkaAdminClient(config, clientId, time, metadataManager, metrics,
                 client, null, logContext, clientTelemetryReporter);
@@ -625,9 +627,7 @@ public class KafkaAdminClient extends AdminClient {
             CommonClientConfigs.RETRY_BACKOFF_EXP_BASE,
             retryBackoffMaxMs,
             CommonClientConfigs.RETRY_BACKOFF_JITTER);
-        List<MetricsReporter> reporters = CommonClientConfigs.metricsReporters(this.clientId, config);
         this.clientTelemetryReporter = clientTelemetryReporter;
-        this.clientTelemetryReporter.ifPresent(reporters::add);
         this.metadataRecoveryStrategy = MetadataRecoveryStrategy.forName(config.getString(AdminClientConfig.METADATA_RECOVERY_STRATEGY_CONFIG));
         this.partitionLeaderCache = new HashMap<>();
         this.adminFetchMetricsManager = new AdminFetchMetricsManager(metrics);