diff --git a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention.java b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention.java
index fea1e19554..0bf1892529 100644
--- a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention.java
+++ b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention.java
@@ -163,14 +163,4 @@ public String getName() {
         return this.metricName;
     }
 
-    @Nullable
-    @Override
-    public String getContextualName(OkHttpContext context) {
-        Request request = context.getOriginalRequest();
-        if (request == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return request.method();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpContext.java b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpContext.java
index ab6aa57741..fdd410f615 100644
--- a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpContext.java
+++ b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpContext.java
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@ public class OkHttpContext extends RequestReplySenderContext<Request.Builder, Re
 
     private final boolean includeHostTag;
 
-    private final Request originalRequest;
-
     private OkHttpObservationInterceptor.CallState state;
 
     public OkHttpContext(Function<Request, String> urlMapper, Iterable<KeyValue> extraTags,
             Iterable<BiFunction<Request, Response, KeyValue>> contextSpecificTags,
-            Iterable<KeyValue> unknownRequestTags, boolean includeHostTag, Request originalRequest) {
+            Iterable<KeyValue> unknownRequestTags, boolean includeHostTag) {
         super((carrier, key, value) -> {
             if (carrier != null) {
                 carrier.header(key, value);
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ public OkHttpContext(Function<Request, String> urlMapper, Iterable<KeyValue> ext
         this.contextSpecificTags = contextSpecificTags;
         this.unknownRequestTags = unknownRequestTags;
         this.includeHostTag = includeHostTag;
-        this.originalRequest = originalRequest;
     }
 
     public void setState(OkHttpObservationInterceptor.CallState state) {
@@ -91,8 +88,4 @@ public boolean isIncludeHostTag() {
         return includeHostTag;
     }
 
-    public Request getOriginalRequest() {
-        return originalRequest;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpObservationInterceptor.java b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpObservationInterceptor.java
index 6537f7881d..3dfc3094d4 100644
--- a/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpObservationInterceptor.java
+++ b/micrometer-core/src/main/java/io/micrometer/core/instrument/binder/okhttp3/OkHttpObservationInterceptor.java
@@ -83,11 +83,15 @@ public Response intercept(@NonNull Chain chain) throws IOException {
         Request request = chain.request();
         Request.Builder newRequestBuilder = request.newBuilder();
         OkHttpContext okHttpContext = new OkHttpContext(this.urlMapper, this.extraTags, this.contextSpecificTags,
-                this.unknownRequestTags, this.includeHostTag, request);
+                this.unknownRequestTags, this.includeHostTag);
         okHttpContext.setCarrier(newRequestBuilder);
         okHttpContext.setState(new CallState(newRequestBuilder.build()));
-        Observation observation = OkHttpDocumentedObservation.DEFAULT.observation(this.observationConvention,
-                new DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention(requestMetricName), okHttpContext, this.registry).start();
+        Observation observation = OkHttpDocumentedObservation.DEFAULT
+                .observation(this.observationConvention, new DefaultOkHttpObservationConvention(requestMetricName),
+                        okHttpContext, this.registry)
+                .contextualName(request.method()) // TODO: This would have to be set
+                // either here or in a tracing handler
+                .start();
         Request newRequest = newRequestBuilder.build();
         OkHttpObservationInterceptor.CallState callState = new CallState(newRequest);
         okHttpContext.setState(callState);