diff --git a/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/service.go b/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/service.go
index b8f1e48c8c..920be5d073 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/service.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/service.go
@@ -434,16 +434,6 @@ func (s *service) Wait(ctx context.Context, req *task.WaitRequest) (resp *task.W
 }
 
 func (s *service) Stats(ctx context.Context, req *task.StatsRequest) (_ *task.StatsResponse, err error) {
-	ctx, span := oc.StartSpan(ctx, "Stats")
-	defer span.End()
-	defer func() { oc.SetSpanStatus(span, err) }()
-
-	span.AddAttributes(trace.StringAttribute("tid", req.ID))
-
-	if s.isSandbox {
-		span.AddAttributes(trace.StringAttribute("pod-id", s.tid))
-	}
-
 	r, e := s.statsInternal(ctx, req)
 	return r, errdefs.ToGRPC(e)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/octtrpc/interceptor.go b/pkg/octtrpc/interceptor.go
index 673b29b5a6..2965ae21b7 100644
--- a/pkg/octtrpc/interceptor.go
+++ b/pkg/octtrpc/interceptor.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ func ServerInterceptor(opts ...Option) ttrpc.UnaryServerInterceptor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, unmarshal ttrpc.Unmarshaler, info *ttrpc.UnaryServerInfo, method ttrpc.Method) (_ interface{}, err error) {
 		name := convertMethodName(info.FullMethod)
 
+		if name == "containerd.task.v2.Task.Stats" {
+			return method(ctx, unmarshal)
+		}
+
 		var span *trace.Span
 		opts := []trace.StartOption{trace.WithSampler(o.sampler), oc.WithServerSpanKind}
 		parent, ok := getParentSpanFromContext(ctx)