diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTask.java b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTask.java
index 2bfdadad33e..bfae75fdfe9 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTask.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTask.java
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractEthTask<T> implements EthTask<T> {
   private final Collection<CompletableFuture<?>> subTaskFutures = new ConcurrentLinkedDeque<>();
 
   protected AbstractEthTask(final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
-    this(buildOperationTimer(metricsSystem));
+    this.taskTimer = buildOperationTimer(metricsSystem, getClass().getSimpleName());
   }
 
   protected AbstractEthTask(final OperationTimer taskTimer) {
     this.taskTimer = taskTimer;
   }
 
-  private static OperationTimer buildOperationTimer(final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
+  private static OperationTimer buildOperationTimer(
+      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem, final String taskName) {
     final LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> ethTasksTimer =
         metricsSystem.createLabelledTimer(
             BesuMetricCategory.SYNCHRONIZER, "task", "Internal processing tasks", "taskName");
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public double stopTimer() {
             }
           };
     } else {
-      return ethTasksTimer.labels(AbstractEthTask.class.getSimpleName());
+      return ethTasksTimer.labels(taskName);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTaskTest.java b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTaskTest.java
index 79a9a6789b6..44b9e11a0ed 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTaskTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/manager/task/AbstractEthTaskTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.MetricsSystem;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -104,6 +107,33 @@ protected void executeTask() {}
     verify(mockTimingContext).stopTimer();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldHaveSpecificMetricsLabels() {
+    // seed with a failing value so that a no-op also trips the failure.
+    final String[] lastLabelNames = {"AbstractEthTask"};
+    final MetricsSystem instrumentedLabeler =
+        new NoOpMetricsSystem() {
+          @Override
+          public LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> createLabelledTimer(
+              final MetricCategory category,
+              final String name,
+              final String help,
+              final String... labelNames) {
+            return names -> {
+              lastLabelNames[0] = names[0];
+              return null;
+            };
+          }
+        };
+    new AbstractEthTask<>(instrumentedLabeler) {
+      @Override
+      protected void executeTask() {
+        // no-op
+      }
+    };
+    assertThat(lastLabelNames[0]).isNotEqualTo("AbstractEthTask");
+  }
+
   private class EthTaskWithMultipleSubtasks extends AbstractEthTask<Void> {
 
     private final List<CompletableFuture<?>> subtasks;