diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableCounter.cs b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableCounter.cs
index 52d64194087ca7..cb7fe046d86bad 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableCounter.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableCounter.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public sealed class ObservableCounter<T> : ObservableInstrument<T> where T : str
     {
         private readonly object _callback;
 
+        internal override object? Callback => _callback;
+
         internal ObservableCounter(Meter meter, string name, Func<T> observeValue, string? unit, string? description) : this(meter, name, observeValue, unit, description, tags: null)
         {
         }
@@ -50,6 +52,6 @@ internal ObservableCounter(Meter meter, string name, Func<IEnumerable<Measuremen
         /// <summary>
         /// Observe() fetches the current measurements being tracked by this observable counter.
         /// </summary>
-        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => Observe(_callback);
+        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => ((Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<T>>>)_callback)();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableGauge.cs b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableGauge.cs
index 8f6107c321d835..9071eed9bba329 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableGauge.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableGauge.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public sealed class ObservableGauge<T> : ObservableInstrument<T> where T : struc
     {
         private readonly object _callback;
 
+        internal override object? Callback => _callback;
+
         internal ObservableGauge(Meter meter, string name, Func<T> observeValue, string? unit, string? description) : this(meter, name, observeValue, unit, description, tags: null)
         {
         }
@@ -50,6 +52,6 @@ internal ObservableGauge(Meter meter, string name, Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<
         /// <summary>
         /// Observe() fetches the current measurements being tracked by this observable counter.
         /// </summary>
-        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => Observe(_callback);
+        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => ((Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<T>>>)_callback)();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableInstrument.cs b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableInstrument.cs
index 10a0f188ee67cf..e3086942f67a6b 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableInstrument.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableInstrument.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 namespace System.Diagnostics.Metrics
 {
@@ -50,45 +49,45 @@ protected ObservableInstrument(Meter meter, string name, string? unit, string? d
         /// </summary>
         public override bool IsObservable => true;
 
+        // Returns the underlying user callback for built-in observable instruments, or null for user-defined subclasses.
+        // Subclasses provide their measurements via the abstract Observe() method instead.
+        internal virtual object? Callback => null;
+
         // Will be called from MeterListener.RecordObservableInstruments for each observable instrument.
         internal override void Observe(MeterListener listener)
         {
             object? state = GetSubscriptionState(listener);
 
-            IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> measurements = Observe();
-            if (measurements is null)
+            // Fast path for the built-in observable instruments: dispatch their callbacks
+            // directly to the listener, avoiding the per-observation Measurement<T>[1] allocation that
+            // the IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> path used to require.
+            object? callback = Callback;
+
+            if (callback is Func<T> valueOnlyFunc)
             {
+                listener.NotifyMeasurement(this, valueOnlyFunc(), Instrument.EmptyTags, state);
                 return;
             }
 
-            foreach (Measurement<T> measurement in measurements)
+            if (callback is Func<Measurement<T>> measurementOnlyFunc)
             {
+                Measurement<T> measurement = measurementOnlyFunc();
                 listener.NotifyMeasurement(this, measurement.Value, measurement.Tags, state);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Will be called from the concrete classes which extends ObservabilityInstrument<T> when calling Observe() method.
-        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        internal static IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe(object callback)
-        {
-            if (callback is Func<T> valueOnlyFunc)
-            {
-                return new Measurement<T>[1] { new Measurement<T>(valueOnlyFunc()) };
+                return;
             }
 
-            if (callback is Func<Measurement<T>> measurementOnlyFunc)
+            // Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<T>>> built-ins and user-defined ObservableInstrument<T> subclasses
+            // both fall through to the virtual Observe() override.
+            IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> measurements = Observe();
+            if (measurements is null)
             {
-                return new Measurement<T>[1] { measurementOnlyFunc() };
+                return;
             }
 
-            if (callback is Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<T>>> listOfMeasurementsFunc)
+            foreach (Measurement<T> measurement in measurements)
             {
-                return listOfMeasurementsFunc();
+                listener.NotifyMeasurement(this, measurement.Value, measurement.Tags, state);
             }
-
-            Debug.Fail("Execution shouldn't reach this point");
-            return null;
         }
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableUpDownCounter.cs b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableUpDownCounter.cs
index fc472320e2b5d8..948cc02fc7a7a1 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableUpDownCounter.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/src/System/Diagnostics/Metrics/ObservableUpDownCounter.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public sealed class ObservableUpDownCounter<T> : ObservableInstrument<T> where T
     {
         private readonly object _callback;
 
+        internal override object? Callback => _callback;
+
         internal ObservableUpDownCounter(Meter meter, string name, Func<T> observeValue, string? unit, string? description) : this(meter, name, observeValue, unit, description, tags: null)
         {
         }
@@ -50,6 +52,6 @@ internal ObservableUpDownCounter(Meter meter, string name, Func<IEnumerable<Meas
         /// <summary>
         /// Observe() fetches the current measurements being tracked by this observable counter.
         /// </summary>
-        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => Observe(_callback);
+        protected override IEnumerable<Measurement<T>> Observe() => ((Func<IEnumerable<Measurement<T>>>)_callback)();
     }
 }