diff --git a/test/core/transport/BUILD b/test/core/transport/BUILD
index c70386aedcc..068d2333265 100644
--- a/test/core/transport/BUILD
+++ b/test/core/transport/BUILD
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
 grpc_cc_benchmark(
     name = "bm_call_spine",
     srcs = ["bm_call_spine.cc"],
+    monitoring = True,
     deps = [
         ":call_spine_benchmarks",
         "//:grpc",
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/grpc_benchmark_config.bzl b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/grpc_benchmark_config.bzl
index f19af0a77c0..7c9459ce4e4 100644
--- a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/grpc_benchmark_config.bzl
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/grpc_benchmark_config.bzl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def grpc_cc_benchmark(name, external_deps = [], tags = [], uses_polling = False,
         uses_event_engine: per grpc_cc_test, but defaulted False
         **kwargs: per grpc_cc_test
     """
+    kwargs.pop("monitoring", None)
     grpc_cc_test(
         name = name,
         args = grpc_benchmark_args(),