diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerStreamingCallable.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerStreamingCallable.java
index 5ec4c726e4..b8ef42f806 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerStreamingCallable.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerStreamingCallable.java
@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ResponseObserver;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStreamingCallable;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.StreamController;
-import com.google.bigtable.v2.ResponseParams;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.SafeResponseObserver;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
-import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
-import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
@@ -101,65 +98,13 @@ protected void onResponseImpl(ResponseT response) {
 
     @Override
     protected void onErrorImpl(Throwable t) {
-      // server-timing metric will be added through GrpcResponseMetadata#onHeaders(Metadata),
-      // so it's not checking trailing metadata here.
-      Metadata metadata = responseMetadata.getMetadata();
-      Long latency = Util.getGfeLatency(metadata);
-      tracer.recordGfeMetadata(latency, t);
-      try {
-        // Check both headers and trailers because in different environments the metadata
-        // could be returned in headers or trailers
-        if (metadata != null) {
-          byte[] trailers = metadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-          if (trailers == null) {
-            Metadata trailingMetadata = responseMetadata.getTrailingMetadata();
-            if (trailingMetadata != null) {
-              trailers = trailingMetadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-            }
-          }
-          // If the response is terminated abnormally and we didn't get location information in
-          // trailers or headers, skip setting the locations
-          if (trailers != null) {
-            ResponseParams decodedTrailers = ResponseParams.parseFrom(trailers);
-            tracer.setLocations(decodedTrailers.getZoneId(), decodedTrailers.getClusterId());
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
-        t.addSuppressed(t);
-      }
-
+      Util.metadataHelper(responseMetadata, tracer, t);
       outerObserver.onError(t);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void onCompleteImpl() {
-      Metadata metadata = responseMetadata.getMetadata();
-      Long latency = Util.getGfeLatency(metadata);
-      tracer.recordGfeMetadata(latency, null);
-      try {
-        // Check both headers and trailers because in different environments the metadata
-        // could be returned in headers or trailers
-        if (metadata != null) {
-          byte[] trailers = metadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-          if (trailers == null) {
-            Metadata trailingMetadata = responseMetadata.getTrailingMetadata();
-            if (trailingMetadata != null) {
-              trailers = trailingMetadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-            }
-          }
-          // If the response is terminated abnormally and we didn't get location information in
-          // trailers or headers, skip setting the locations
-          if (trailers != null) {
-            ResponseParams decodedTrailers = ResponseParams.parseFrom(trailers);
-            tracer.setLocations(decodedTrailers.getZoneId(), decodedTrailers.getClusterId());
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
-        // InvalidProtocolBufferException will only throw if something changed on
-        // the server side. Location info won't be populated as a result. Ignore
-        // this error and don't bubble it up to user.
-      }
-
+      Util.metadataHelper(responseMetadata, tracer, null);
       outerObserver.onComplete();
     }
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerUnaryCallable.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerUnaryCallable.java
index 50d24ecbaf..29724259b4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerUnaryCallable.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableTracerUnaryCallable.java
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcResponseMetadata;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiCallContext;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable;
-import com.google.bigtable.v2.ResponseParams;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
-import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
-import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 /**
@@ -79,56 +76,12 @@ class BigtableTracerUnaryCallback<ResponseT> implements ApiFutureCallback<Respon
 
     @Override
     public void onFailure(Throwable throwable) {
-      Metadata metadata = responseMetadata.getMetadata();
-      Long latency = Util.getGfeLatency(metadata);
-      tracer.recordGfeMetadata(latency, throwable);
-      try {
-        // Check both headers and trailers because in different environments the metadata
-        // could be returned in headers or trailers
-        if (metadata != null) {
-          byte[] trailers = metadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-          if (trailers == null) {
-            Metadata trailingMetadata = responseMetadata.getTrailingMetadata();
-            if (trailingMetadata != null) {
-              trailers = trailingMetadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-            }
-          }
-          // If the response is terminated abnormally and we didn't get location information in
-          // trailers or headers, skip setting the locations
-          if (trailers != null) {
-            ResponseParams decodedTrailers = ResponseParams.parseFrom(trailers);
-            tracer.setLocations(decodedTrailers.getZoneId(), decodedTrailers.getClusterId());
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
-      }
+      Util.metadataHelper(responseMetadata, tracer, throwable);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onSuccess(ResponseT response) {
-      Metadata metadata = responseMetadata.getMetadata();
-      Long latency = Util.getGfeLatency(metadata);
-      tracer.recordGfeMetadata(latency, null);
-      try {
-        // Check both headers and trailers because in different environments the metadata
-        // could be returned in headers or trailers
-        if (metadata != null) {
-          byte[] trailers = metadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-          if (trailers == null) {
-            Metadata trailingMetadata = responseMetadata.getTrailingMetadata();
-            if (trailingMetadata != null) {
-              trailers = trailingMetadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
-            }
-          }
-          // If the response is terminated abnormally and we didn't get location information in
-          // trailers or headers, skip setting the locations
-          if (trailers != null) {
-            ResponseParams decodedTrailers = ResponseParams.parseFrom(trailers);
-            tracer.setLocations(decodedTrailers.getZoneId(), decodedTrailers.getClusterId());
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
-      }
+      Util.metadataHelper(responseMetadata, tracer, null);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/Util.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/Util.java
index 0e356ebaf9..67a82c3eb6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/Util.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/Util.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics;
 
 import com.google.api.core.InternalApi;
+import com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcResponseMetadata;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiCallContext;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.StatusCode;
@@ -25,10 +26,12 @@
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.MutateRowsRequest;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.ReadModifyWriteRowRequest;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.ReadRowsRequest;
+import com.google.bigtable.v2.ResponseParams;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.SampleRowKeysRequest;
 import com.google.bigtable.v2.TableName;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.grpc.Status;
 import io.grpc.StatusException;
@@ -148,4 +151,44 @@ static Long getGfeLatency(Metadata metadata) {
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  static void metadataHelper(
+      GrpcResponseMetadata responseMetadata, BigtableTracer tracer, Throwable throwable) {
+    boolean hasTrailer = false;
+
+    // server-timing metric will be added through GrpcResponseMetadata#onHeaders(Metadata),
+    // so it's not checking trailing metadata here.
+    Metadata metadata = responseMetadata.getMetadata();
+    Long latency = Util.getGfeLatency(metadata);
+
+    try {
+      // Check both headers and trailers because in different environments the metadata
+      // could be returned in headers or trailers
+      if (metadata != null) {
+        byte[] trailers = metadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
+        if (trailers == null) {
+          Metadata trailingMetadata = responseMetadata.getTrailingMetadata();
+          if (trailingMetadata != null) {
+            trailers = trailingMetadata.get(Util.METADATA_KEY);
+          }
+        }
+        // If the response is terminated abnormally and we didn't get location information in
+        // trailers or headers, skip setting the locations
+        if (trailers != null) {
+          hasTrailer = true;
+          ResponseParams decodedTrailers = ResponseParams.parseFrom(trailers);
+          tracer.setLocations(decodedTrailers.getZoneId(), decodedTrailers.getClusterId());
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+    }
+
+    if (hasTrailer && latency == null) {
+      // For direct path, we won't see GFE server-timing header. However, if we received the
+      // location trailer, we know that there isn't a connectivity issue. Set the latency to
+      // 0 so gfe missing header won't get incremented.
+      latency = 0L;
+    }
+    tracer.recordGfeMetadata(latency, throwable);
+  }
 }