diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
index e280b1e9d22c..fabcbb322ac1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Timer;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.AutoTimer;
 import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@
  */
 class MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
 
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.class);
+
 	private static final ThreadLocal<Deque<String>> urlTemplate = new UrlTemplateThreadLocal();
 
 	private final MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
@@ -82,8 +86,13 @@ public ClientHttpResponse intercept(HttpRequest request, byte[] body, ClientHttp
 			return response;
 		}
 		finally {
-			getTimeBuilder(request, response).register(this.meterRegistry).record(System.nanoTime() - startTime,
-					TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+			try {
+				getTimeBuilder(request, response).register(this.meterRegistry).record(System.nanoTime() - startTime,
+						TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				logger.info("Failed to record metrics.", ex);
+			}
 			if (urlTemplate.get().isEmpty()) {
 				urlTemplate.remove();
 			}