diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index db33f7719..d2622b99c 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import * as fse from 'fs-extra';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { CodeActionContext, commands, ConfigurationTarget, Diagnostic, env, EventEmitter, ExtensionContext, extensions, IndentAction, InputBoxOptions, languages, RelativePattern, TextDocument, UIKind, Uri, ViewColumn, window, workspace, WorkspaceConfiguration, ProgressLocation, Position, Selection, Range } from 'vscode';
-import { CancellationToken, CodeActionParams, CodeActionRequest, Command, DidChangeConfigurationNotification, ExecuteCommandParams, ExecuteCommandRequest, LanguageClientOptions, RevealOutputChannelOn } from 'vscode-languageclient';
+import { CancellationToken, CodeActionParams, CodeActionRequest, Command, CompletionRequest, DidChangeConfigurationNotification, ExecuteCommandParams, ExecuteCommandRequest, LanguageClientOptions, RevealOutputChannelOn } from 'vscode-languageclient';
 import { LanguageClient } from 'vscode-languageclient/node';
 import { apiManager } from './apiManager';
 import { ClientErrorHandler } from './clientErrorHandler';
 import { Commands } from './commands';
-import { ClientStatus, ExtensionAPI } from './extension.api';
+import { ClientStatus, ExtensionAPI, TraceEvent } from './extension.api';
 import * as fileEventHandler from './fileEventHandler';
 import { getSharedIndexCache, HEAP_DUMP_LOCATION, prepareExecutable } from './javaServerStarter';
 import { initializeLogFile, logger } from './log';
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<ExtensionAPI>
 			};
 
 			apiManager.initialize(requirements, serverMode);
+			registerCodeCompletionTelemetryListener();
 			resolve(apiManager.getApiInstance());
 			// the promise is resolved
 			// no need to pass `resolve` into any code past this point,
@@ -983,6 +984,24 @@ async function cleanJavaWorkspaceStorage() {
 	}
 }
 
+export function registerCodeCompletionTelemetryListener() {
+	apiManager.getApiInstance().onDidRequestEnd((traceEvent: TraceEvent) => {
+		if (traceEvent.type === CompletionRequest.method) {
+			// Exclude the invalid completion requests.
+			if (!traceEvent.resultLength) {
+				return;
+			}
+			const props = {
+				duration: Math.round(traceEvent.duration * 100) / 100,
+				resultLength: traceEvent.resultLength || 0,
+				error: !!traceEvent.error,
+				fromSyntaxServer: !!traceEvent.fromSyntaxServer,
+			};
+			return Telemetry.sendTelemetry(Telemetry.COMPLETION_EVENT, props);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
 function registerOutOfMemoryDetection(storagePath: string) {
 	const heapDumpFolder = getHeapDumpFolderFromSettings() || storagePath;
 	chokidar.watch(`${heapDumpFolder}/java_*.hprof`, { ignoreInitial: true }).on('add', path => {
diff --git a/src/standardLanguageClient.ts b/src/standardLanguageClient.ts
index dde8d63ae..f85887fa9 100644
--- a/src/standardLanguageClient.ts
+++ b/src/standardLanguageClient.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import * as net from 'net';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { CancellationToken, CodeActionKind, commands, ConfigurationTarget, DocumentSelector, EventEmitter, ExtensionContext, extensions, languages, Location, ProgressLocation, TextEditor, Uri, ViewColumn, window, workspace } from "vscode";
-import { ConfigurationParams, ConfigurationRequest, LanguageClientOptions, Location as LSLocation, MessageType, Position as LSPosition, TextDocumentPositionParams, WorkspaceEdit, CompletionRequest } from "vscode-languageclient";
+import { ConfigurationParams, ConfigurationRequest, LanguageClientOptions, Location as LSLocation, MessageType, Position as LSPosition, TextDocumentPositionParams, WorkspaceEdit } from "vscode-languageclient";
 import { LanguageClient, StreamInfo } from "vscode-languageclient/node";
 import { apiManager } from "./apiManager";
 import * as buildPath from './buildpath';
 import { javaRefactorKinds, RefactorDocumentProvider } from "./codeActionProvider";
 import { Commands } from "./commands";
-import { ClientStatus, TraceEvent } from "./extension.api";
+import { ClientStatus } from "./extension.api";
 import * as fileEventHandler from './fileEventHandler';
 import { gradleCodeActionMetadata, GradleCodeActionProvider } from "./gradle/gradleCodeActionProvider";
 import { awaitServerConnection, prepareExecutable, DEBUG } from "./javaServerStarter";
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { askForProjects, projectConfigurationUpdate, upgradeGradle } from "./sta
 import { TracingLanguageClient } from './TracingLanguageClient';
 import { TypeHierarchyDirection, TypeHierarchyItem } from "./typeHierarchy/protocol";
 import { typeHierarchyTree } from "./typeHierarchy/typeHierarchyTree";
-import { getAllJavaProjects, getJavaConfig, getJavaConfiguration } from "./utils";
+import { getAllJavaProjects, getJavaConfiguration } from "./utils";
 import { Telemetry } from "./telemetry";
 import { TelemetryEvent } from "@redhat-developer/vscode-redhat-telemetry/lib";
 import { registerDocumentValidationListener } from './diagnostic';
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ export class StandardLanguageClient {
 					// Disable the client-side snippet provider since LS is ready.
 					snippetCompletionProvider.dispose();
 					registerDocumentValidationListener(context, this.languageClient);
-					registerCodeCompletionTelemetryListener();
 					commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'javaLSReady', true);
 					break;
 				case 'Started':
@@ -814,22 +813,4 @@ export async function applyWorkspaceEdit(workspaceEdit: WorkspaceEdit, languageC
 	} else {
 		return Promise.resolve(true);
 	}
-}
-
-export function registerCodeCompletionTelemetryListener() {
-	apiManager.getApiInstance().onDidRequestEnd((traceEvent: TraceEvent) => {
-		if (traceEvent.type === CompletionRequest.method) {
-			// Exclude the invalid completion requests.
-			if (!traceEvent.resultLength) {
-				return;
-			}
-			const props = {
-				duration: Math.round(traceEvent.duration * 100) / 100,
-				resultLength: traceEvent.resultLength || 0,
-				error: !!traceEvent.error,
-				fromSyntaxServer: !!traceEvent.fromSyntaxServer,
-			};
-			return Telemetry.sendTelemetry(Telemetry.COMPLETION_EVENT, props);
-		}
-	});
 }
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