diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsAutoConfiguration.java
index 4e3f4be5c16..92d005e7c5e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ public class MetricsAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(MeterRegistry.class)
 	public CompositeMeterRegistry compositeMeterRegistry(
-			ObjectProvider<Collection<MetricsExporter>> exporters) {
+			ObjectProvider<Collection<MetricsExporter>> exporters,
+			ObjectProvider<Collection<MeterRegistryConfigurer>> configurers) {
 		CompositeMeterRegistry composite = new CompositeMeterRegistry();
+		configurers.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList)
+				.forEach((configurer) -> configurer.configureRegistry(composite));
 		exporters.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList).stream()
 				.map(MetricsExporter::registry).forEach(composite::add);
 		return composite;
@@ -119,11 +122,8 @@ public class MetricsAutoConfiguration {
 	static class MeterRegistryConfigurationSupport {
 
 		MeterRegistryConfigurationSupport(MeterRegistry registry,
-				ObjectProvider<Collection<MeterRegistryConfigurer>> configurers,
 				MetricsProperties config,
 				ObjectProvider<Collection<MeterBinder>> binders) {
-			configurers.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList)
-					.forEach((configurer) -> configurer.configureRegistry(registry));
 			binders.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList)
 					.forEach((binder) -> binder.bindTo(registry));
 			if (config.isUseGlobalRegistry()) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MeterRegistryConfigurerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MeterRegistryConfigurerTests.java
index 3c21c63cbff..1f3cfa6c0ad 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MeterRegistryConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MeterRegistryConfigurerTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ public class MeterRegistryConfigurerTests {
 								.isPresent());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void commonTagsAreAppliedBeforeRegistryIsInjectableElsewhere() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner()
+				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(MetricsAutoConfiguration.class))
+				.withConfiguration(
+						UserConfigurations.of(MeterRegistryConfigurerConfiguration.class))
+				.withPropertyValues("metrics.use-global-registry=false")
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class)
+						.find("my.thing").tags("region", "us-east-1").gauge())
+						.isPresent());
+	}
+
 	static class MeterRegistryConfigurerConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
@@ -53,6 +65,14 @@ public class MeterRegistryConfigurerTests {
 			return (registry) -> registry.config().commonTags("region", "us-east-1");
 		}
 
+		private class MyThing {}
+
+		@Bean
+		public MyThing myThing(MeterRegistry registry) {
+			registry.gauge("my.thing", 0);
+			return new MyThing();
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }