diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler.java b/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler.java
index bfb0584bde59..fecc01d19275 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler.java
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * A <code>Handler</code> that allows recording the latencies of the requests executed by the wrapped handler.
+ * <p>A <code>Handler</code> that allows recording the latency of the requests executed by the wrapped handler.</p>
+ * <p>The latency reported by {@link #onRequestComplete(long)} is the delay between the first notice of the request
+ * (obtained from {@link HttpStream#getNanoTime()}) until the stream completion event has been handled by
+ * {@link HttpStream#succeeded()} or {@link HttpStream#failed(Throwable)}.</p>
  */
 public abstract class AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler extends Handler.Wrapper
 {
@@ -40,27 +43,22 @@ public AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler()
             @Override
             public void succeeded()
             {
-                long begin = httpStream.getNanoTime();
                 super.succeeded();
-                try
-                {
-                    onRequestComplete(NanoTime.since(begin));
-                }
-                catch (Throwable t)
-                {
-                    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
-                        LOG.debug("Error thrown by onRequestComplete", t);
-                }
+                fireOnRequestComplete();
             }
 
             @Override
             public void failed(Throwable x)
             {
-                long begin = httpStream.getNanoTime();
                 super.failed(x);
+                fireOnRequestComplete();
+            }
+
+            private void fireOnRequestComplete()
+            {
                 try
                 {
-                    onRequestComplete(NanoTime.since(begin));
+                    onRequestComplete(NanoTime.since(httpStream.getNanoTime()));
                 }
                 catch (Throwable t)
                 {
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ public boolean process(Request request, Response response, Callback callback) th
     }
 
     /**
-     * Called back for each completed request with its execution's duration.
+     * Called back for each completed request with its execution's latency.
      * @param durationInNs the duration in nanoseconds of the completed request
      */
     protected abstract void onRequestComplete(long durationInNs);
diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/LatencyRecordingHandlerTest.java b/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/LatencyRecordingHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec0e53bd2077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/LatencyRecordingHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2022 Mort Bay Consulting Pty Ltd and others.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.logging.JettyLevel;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.logging.JettyLogger;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Callback;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+
+public class LatencyRecordingHandlerTest
+{
+    private JettyLevel _oldLevel;
+    private Server _server;
+    private LocalConnector _local;
+    private final List<Long> _latencies = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUp() throws Exception
+    {
+        _server = new Server();
+        _local = new LocalConnector(_server, new HttpConnectionFactory());
+        _server.addConnector(_local);
+
+        Handler handler = new Handler.Abstract()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean process(Request request, Response response, Callback callback)
+            {
+                String path = request.getHttpURI().getPath();
+                if (path.endsWith("/fail"))
+                    callback.failed(new Exception());
+                else
+                    callback.succeeded();
+                return true;
+            }
+        };
+        AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler latencyRecordingHandler = new AbstractLatencyRecordingHandler() {
+            @Override
+            protected void onRequestComplete(long durationInNs)
+            {
+                _latencies.add(durationInNs);
+            }
+        };
+        latencyRecordingHandler.setHandler(handler);
+
+        ContextHandler contextHandler = new ContextHandler("/ctx");
+        contextHandler.setHandler(latencyRecordingHandler);
+
+        _server.setHandler(contextHandler);
+        _server.start();
+
+        // Disable WARN logs of failed requests.
+        JettyLogger logger = (JettyLogger)LoggerFactory.getLogger(Response.class);
+        _oldLevel = logger.getLevel();
+        logger.setLevel(JettyLevel.OFF);
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception
+    {
+        _server.stop();
+        _latencies.clear();
+
+        JettyLogger logger = (JettyLogger)LoggerFactory.getLogger(Response.class);
+        logger.setLevel(_oldLevel);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLatenciesRecodingUponSuccess() throws Exception
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            String response = _local.getResponse("GET /ctx/succeed HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n");
+            assertThat(response, containsString(" 200 OK"));
+        }
+        Awaitility.await().atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(_latencies::size, is(100));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLatenciesRecodingUponFailure() throws Exception
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            String response = _local.getResponse("GET /ctx/fail HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n");
+            assertThat(response, containsString(" 500 Server Error"));
+        }
+        Awaitility.await().atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(_latencies::size, is(100));
+    }
+}