diff --git a/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuit.py b/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuit.py
index 8cdf2ebca3f8..86884ddff3c3 100644
--- a/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuit.py
+++ b/qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuit.py
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ def measure_all(
             new_creg = circ._create_creg(len(circ.qubits), "meas")
             circ.add_register(new_creg)
             circ.barrier()
-            circ.measure(circ.qubits, new_creg)
+            self._append(Measure(), circ.qubits, new_creg)
         else:
             if len(circ.clbits) < len(circ.qubits):
                 raise CircuitError(
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ def measure_all(
                     "the number of qubits."
                 )
             circ.barrier()
-            circ.measure(circ.qubits, circ.clbits[0 : len(circ.qubits)])
+            self._append(Measure(), circ.qubits, circ.clbits[0 : len(circ.qubits)])
 
         if not inplace:
             return circ
@@ -2848,11 +2848,11 @@ def barrier(self, *qargs: QubitSpecifier, label=None) -> InstructionSet:
         """
         from .barrier import Barrier
 
-        qubits: list[QubitSpecifier] = []
 
         if not qargs:  # None
-            qubits.extend(self.qubits)
+            self._append(Barrier(len(self.qubits), label=label), self.qubits, [])
 
+        qubits: list[QubitSpecifier] = []
         for qarg in qargs:
             if isinstance(qarg, QuantumRegister):
                 qubits.extend([qarg[j] for j in range(qarg.size)])