diff --git a/ddtrace/llmobs/_integrations/base.py b/ddtrace/llmobs/_integrations/base.py
index 680f33ff58..bfcc5407a0 100644
--- a/ddtrace/llmobs/_integrations/base.py
+++ b/ddtrace/llmobs/_integrations/base.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def trace(self, pin: Pin, operation_id: str, submit_to_llmobs: bool = False, **k
                 span._set_ctx_item(PARENT_ID_KEY, str(parent_id))
         telemetry_writer.add_count_metric(
             namespace=TELEMETRY_APM_PRODUCT.LLMOBS,
-            name="span.creation",
+            name="span.start",
             value=1,
             tags=(
                 ("integration", self._integration_name),
diff --git a/ddtrace/llmobs/_llmobs.py b/ddtrace/llmobs/_llmobs.py
index aac63a31d9..a6eb7914d2 100644
--- a/ddtrace/llmobs/_llmobs.py
+++ b/ddtrace/llmobs/_llmobs.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def _start_span(
     ) -> Span:
         telemetry_writer.add_count_metric(
             namespace=TELEMETRY_APM_PRODUCT.LLMOBS,
-            name="span.creation",
+            name="span.start",
             value=1,
             tags=(
                 ("autoinstrumented", "false"),