diff --git a/benchmarks/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/benchmark/_nightly/esql/GroupedTopNBenchmark.java b/benchmarks/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/benchmark/_nightly/esql/GroupedTopNBenchmark.java
index a5745fd8ce687..b9a76f99cc5a9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/benchmark/_nightly/esql/GroupedTopNBenchmark.java
+++ b/benchmarks/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/benchmark/_nightly/esql/GroupedTopNBenchmark.java
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 @Fork(1)
 public class GroupedTopNBenchmark {
 
+    static {
+        Utils.configureBenchmarkLogging();
+    }
+
     private static final BlockFactory blockFactory = BlockFactory.builder(BigArrays.NON_RECYCLING_INSTANCE)
         .breaker(new NoopCircuitBreaker("none"))
         .build();
@@ -73,7 +77,6 @@ public class GroupedTopNBenchmark {
     private static final String AND = "_and_";
 
     static {
-        Utils.configureBenchmarkLogging();
         // Smoke test all the expected values and force loading subclasses more like prod
         selfTest();
     }