diff --git a/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts b/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
index 9cbf45563f0b..84d5b5c176f9 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import type {
   Client,
+  HandlerDataFetch,
   HandlerDataXhr,
   RequestHookInfo,
   ResponseHookInfo,
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ export interface RequestInstrumentationOptions {
 }
 
 const responseToSpanId = new WeakMap<object, string>();
-const spanIdToEndTimestamp = new Map<string, number>();
+const spanIdToDeferredData = new Map<string, { span: Span; handlerData: HandlerDataFetch }>();
 
 export const defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions: RequestInstrumentationOptions = {
   traceFetch: true,
@@ -159,44 +160,46 @@ export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(client: Client, _options?: Partial<Re
   const propagateTraceparent = (client as BrowserClient).getOptions().propagateTraceparent;
 
   if (traceFetch) {
-    // Keeping track of http requests, whose body payloads resolved later than the initial resolved request
-    // e.g. streaming using server sent events (SSE)
-    client.addEventProcessor(event => {
-      if (event.type === 'transaction' && event.spans) {
-        event.spans.forEach(span => {
-          if (span.op === 'http.client') {
-            const updatedTimestamp = spanIdToEndTimestamp.get(span.span_id);
-            if (updatedTimestamp) {
-              span.timestamp = updatedTimestamp / 1000;
-              spanIdToEndTimestamp.delete(span.span_id);
-            }
-          }
-        });
-      }
-      return event;
-    });
-
     if (trackFetchStreamPerformance) {
       addFetchEndInstrumentationHandler(handlerData => {
         if (handlerData.response) {
-          const span = responseToSpanId.get(handlerData.response);
-          if (span && handlerData.endTimestamp) {
-            spanIdToEndTimestamp.set(span, handlerData.endTimestamp);
+          const spanId = responseToSpanId.get(handlerData.response);
+          if (spanId) {
+            const deferred = spanIdToDeferredData.get(spanId);
+            if (deferred && handlerData.endTimestamp) {
+              spans[spanId] = deferred.span;
+              deferred.handlerData.endTimestamp = handlerData.endTimestamp;
+              instrumentFetchRequest(deferred.handlerData, shouldCreateSpan, shouldAttachHeadersWithTargets, spans, {
+                propagateTraceparent,
+                onRequestSpanEnd,
+              });
+              spanIdToDeferredData.delete(spanId);
+            }
           }
         }
       });
     }
 
     addFetchInstrumentationHandler(handlerData => {
+      // When tracking streaming performance, defer span end until the response body resolves.
+      // We intercept the end call, save the span, and let the fetchEndInstrumentationHandler
+      // end it with the correct timestamp.
+      if (trackFetchStreamPerformance && handlerData.endTimestamp && handlerData.response) {
+        const spanId = handlerData.fetchData?.__span;
+        if (spanId && spans[spanId]) {
+          responseToSpanId.set(handlerData.response, spanId);
+          spanIdToDeferredData.set(spanId, { span: spans[spanId], handlerData });
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-dynamic-delete
+          delete spans[spanId];
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
       const createdSpan = instrumentFetchRequest(handlerData, shouldCreateSpan, shouldAttachHeadersWithTargets, spans, {
         propagateTraceparent,
         onRequestSpanEnd,
       });
 
-      if (handlerData.response && handlerData.fetchData.__span) {
-        responseToSpanId.set(handlerData.response, handlerData.fetchData.__span);
-      }
-
       // We cannot use `window.location` in the generic fetch instrumentation,
       // but we need it for reliable `server.address` attribute.
       // so we extend this in here
diff --git a/packages/browser/test/tracing/request.test.ts b/packages/browser/test/tracing/request.test.ts
index 1674a96d1937..4bdd3886b275 100644
--- a/packages/browser/test/tracing/request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/test/tracing/request.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ beforeAll(() => {
 });
 
 class MockClient implements Partial<Client> {
-  public addEventProcessor: () => void;
-  constructor() {
-    // Mock addEventProcessor function
-    this.addEventProcessor = vi.fn();
-  }
   // @ts-expect-error not returning options for the test
   public getOptions() {
     return {};