diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/servicediscovery/MemFDUnixWriterJNA.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/servicediscovery/MemFDUnixWriterJNA.java
index 6743a39bc08..33eaec534fe 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/servicediscovery/MemFDUnixWriterJNA.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/servicediscovery/MemFDUnixWriterJNA.java
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 import com.sun.jna.Native;
 import com.sun.jna.NativeLong;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
+import datadog.trace.api.GlobalTracer;
+import datadog.trace.api.Tracer;
+import datadog.trace.context.TraceScope;
 
 public final class MemFDUnixWriterJNA extends MemFDUnixWriter {
-  private final LibC libc = Native.load("c", LibC.class);
+  private final LibC libc;
 
   private interface LibC extends Library {
     long syscall(long number, Object... args);
@@ -17,6 +20,14 @@ private interface LibC extends Library {
     int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, int arg);
   }
 
+  public MemFDUnixWriterJNA() {
+    final Tracer tracer = GlobalTracer.get();
+    // JNA initialisation can do ldconfig and other commands. Those are hidden since internal.
+    try (TraceScope closeme = tracer != null ? tracer.muteTracing() : null) {
+      libc = Native.load("c", LibC.class);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected long syscall(long number, String name, int flags) {
     return libc.syscall(number, name, flags);
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
index f434fe820b9..e3c1f585a26 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
@@ -919,10 +919,7 @@ private CoreTracer(
               () -> {
                 final ServiceDiscovery serviceDiscovery = serviceDiscoveryFactory.get();
                 if (serviceDiscovery != null) {
-                  // JNA can do ldconfig and other commands. Those are hidden since internal.
-                  try (final TraceScope blackhole = muteTracing()) {
-                    serviceDiscovery.writeTracerMetadata(config);
-                  }
+                  serviceDiscovery.writeTracerMetadata(config);
                 }
               },
               1,