diff --git a/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/gateway/AppSecRequestContext.java b/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/gateway/AppSecRequestContext.java
index dc4e3c28f70..1ecdb7545d0 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/gateway/AppSecRequestContext.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/gateway/AppSecRequestContext.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class AppSecRequestContext implements DataBundle, Closeable {
   // set after additive is set
   private volatile PowerwafMetrics wafMetrics;
   private volatile PowerwafMetrics raspMetrics;
-  private AtomicInteger raspMetricsCounter;
+  private final AtomicInteger raspMetricsCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
   private volatile boolean blocked;
   private volatile int timeouts;
 
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ public Additive getOrCreateAdditive(PowerwafContext ctx, boolean createMetrics,
       }
       if (isRasp && raspMetrics == null) {
         this.raspMetrics = ctx.createMetrics();
-        this.raspMetricsCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/powerwaf/PowerWAFStatsReporter.java b/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/powerwaf/PowerWAFStatsReporter.java
index 073aea73d03..e2fdb7de5d5 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/powerwaf/PowerWAFStatsReporter.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/appsec/src/main/java/com/datadog/appsec/powerwaf/PowerWAFStatsReporter.java
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ public void processTraceSegment(
       segment.setTagTop(RASP_TOTAL_DURATION_US_TAG, raspMetrics.getTotalRunTimeNs() / 1000L);
       segment.setTagTop(
           RASP_TOTAL_DDWAF_RUN_DURATION_US_TAG, raspMetrics.getTotalDdwafRunTimeNs() / 1000L);
-      segment.setTagTop(RASP_RULE_EVAL, ctx.getRaspMetricsCounter().get());
+      final int raspCount = ctx.getRaspMetricsCounter().get();
+      if (raspCount > 0) {
+        segment.setTagTop(RASP_RULE_EVAL, raspCount);
+      }
     }
 
     String rulesVersion = this.rulesVersion;