diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/mutaterows/MutateRowsAttemptCallable.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/mutaterows/MutateRowsAttemptCallable.java
index de2bf6224f..36c2930bda 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/mutaterows/MutateRowsAttemptCallable.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/mutaterows/MutateRowsAttemptCallable.java
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ public Void call() {
       // variables in ApiTracer and avoid exceptions when the tracer marks the attempt as finished
       callContext
           .getTracer()
-          .attemptStarted(externalFuture.getAttemptSettings().getOverallAttemptCount());
+          .attemptStarted(
+              currentRequest, externalFuture.getAttemptSettings().getOverallAttemptCount());
 
       Preconditions.checkState(
           currentRequest.getEntriesCount() > 0, "Request doesn't have any mutations to send");