diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
index 71ec6118ee..894bd7aba2 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ private void captureMetrics(
       setServerName(attributes);
     }
 
-    setUser(attributes);
+    if (scopes.getOptions().isSendDefaultPii()) {
+      setUser(attributes);
+    }
 
     return attributes;
   }