diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/data/_async/client.py b/google/cloud/bigtable/data/_async/client.py
index d0578ff1a..11a4ed7bd 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/data/_async/client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/data/_async/client.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 from google.cloud.bigtable.data.row_filters import CellsRowLimitFilter
 from google.cloud.bigtable.data.row_filters import RowFilterChain
 
+from google.cloud.bigtable.data._metrics import BigtableClientSideMetricsController
+
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from google.cloud.bigtable.data._helpers import RowKeySamples
@@ -525,6 +527,13 @@ def __init__(
         )
         self.default_mutate_rows_attempt_timeout = default_mutate_rows_attempt_timeout
 
+        self._metrics = BigtableClientSideMetricsController(
+            project_id=self.client.project,
+            instance_id=instance_id,
+            table_id=table_id,
+            app_profile_id=app_profile_id,
+        )
+
         self.default_read_rows_retryable_errors = (
             default_read_rows_retryable_errors or ()
         )