diff --git a/src/gax-internal/src/observability/client_signals/recorder.rs b/src/gax-internal/src/observability/client_signals/recorder.rs
index 581d3cee34..0dd091c3e0 100644
--- a/src/gax-internal/src/observability/client_signals/recorder.rs
+++ b/src/gax-internal/src/observability/client_signals/recorder.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl RequestRecorder {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub fn current() -> Option<Self> {
-        RECORDER.try_get().ok()
+        RECORDER.try_with(|r| r.clone()).ok()
     }
 
     /// Returns the data captured for the client layer.