diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializer.java
index 73261f7cb..4860cd764 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializer.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public KudoSerializer(Schema schema) {
    * @param numRows   number of rows to write
    * @return number of bytes written
    */
-   WriteMetrics writeToStream(Table table, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int numRows) {
+   WriteMetrics writeToStreamWithMetrics(Table table, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int numRows) {
     HostColumnVector[] columns = null;
     try {
       columns = IntStream.range(0, table.getNumberOfColumns())
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ WriteMetrics writeToStream(Table table, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int num
           .toArray(HostColumnVector[]::new);
 
       Cuda.DEFAULT_STREAM.sync();
-      return writeToStream(columns, out, rowOffset, numRows);
+      return writeToStreamWithMetrics(columns, out, rowOffset, numRows);
     } finally {
       if (columns != null) {
         for (HostColumnVector column : columns) {
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ WriteMetrics writeToStream(Table table, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int num
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Write partition of an array of {@link HostColumnVector} to an output stream.
+   * See {@link #writeToStreamWithMetrics(HostColumnVector[], OutputStream, int, int)} for more
+   * details.
+   * @return number of bytes written
+   */
+  public long writeToStream(HostColumnVector[] columns, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int numRows) {
+     return writeToStreamWithMetrics(columns, out, rowOffset, numRows).getWrittenBytes();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Write partition of an array of {@link HostColumnVector} to an output stream.
    * <br/>
@@ -208,7 +218,7 @@ WriteMetrics writeToStream(Table table, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int num
    * @param numRows   number of rows to write
    * @return number of bytes written
    */
-  public WriteMetrics writeToStream(HostColumnVector[] columns, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int numRows) {
+  public WriteMetrics writeToStreamWithMetrics(HostColumnVector[] columns, OutputStream out, int rowOffset, int numRows) {
     ensure(numRows > 0, () -> "numRows must be > 0, but was " + numRows);
     ensure(columns.length > 0, () -> "columns must not be empty, for row count only records " +
         "please call writeRowCountToStream");
@@ -291,13 +301,9 @@ private WriteMetrics writeSliced(HostColumnVector[] columns, DataWriter out, int
     KudoTableHeaderCalc headerCalc = new KudoTableHeaderCalc(rowOffset, numRows, flattenedColumnCount);
     withTime(() -> Visitors.visitColumns(columns, headerCalc), metrics::addCalcHeaderTime);
     KudoTableHeader header = headerCalc.getHeader();
-    withTime(() -> {
-      try {
-        header.writeTo(out);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
-    }, metrics::addCopyHeaderTime);
+    long currentTime = System.nanoTime();
+    header.writeTo(out);
+    metrics.addCopyHeaderTime(System.nanoTime() - currentTime);
     metrics.addWrittenBytes(header.getSerializedSize());
 
     long bytesWritten = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/SlicedBufferSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/SlicedBufferSerializer.java
index 48a6eaf73..86d51116b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/SlicedBufferSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/SlicedBufferSerializer.java
@@ -208,14 +208,12 @@ private long copySlicedData(HostColumnVectorCore column, SliceInfo sliceInfo) th
     }
   }
 
-  private long copyBufferAndPadForHost(HostMemoryBuffer buffer, long offset, long length) {
-    return withTime(() -> {
-      try {
-        writer.copyDataFrom(buffer, offset, length);
-        return padForHostAlignment(writer, length);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
-    }, metrics::addCopyBufferTime);
+  private long copyBufferAndPadForHost(HostMemoryBuffer buffer, long offset, long length)
+      throws IOException {
+    long now = System.nanoTime();
+    writer.copyDataFrom(buffer, offset, length);
+    long ret = padForHostAlignment(writer, length);
+    metrics.addCopyBufferTime(System.nanoTime() - now);
+    return ret;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializerTest.java
index b3b341814..3ffcb5e61 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/kudo/KudoSerializerTest.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public void testWriteSimple() throws Exception {
 
     try (Table t = buildSimpleTable()) {
       ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-      long bytesWritten = serializer.writeToStream(t, out, 0, 4).getWrittenBytes();
+      long bytesWritten = serializer.writeToStreamWithMetrics(t, out, 0, 4).getWrittenBytes();
       assertEquals(189, bytesWritten);
 
       ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ private static void checkMergeTable(Table expected, List<TableSlice> tableSlices
 
       ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
       for (TableSlice slice : tableSlices) {
-        serializer.writeToStream(slice.getBaseTable(), bout, slice.getStartRow(), slice.getNumRows());
+        serializer.writeToStreamWithMetrics(slice.getBaseTable(), bout, slice.getStartRow(), slice.getNumRows());
       }
       bout.flush();