diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
index d44fb4e072..00fcd82b0a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ public abstract class LoadBalancer {
      */
     @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/11110")
     public MetricRecorder getMetricRecorder() {
-      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+      return new MetricRecorder() {};
     }
   }