diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/Bridging.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/Bridging.java
index 90e1465e2d3e..6febc8fdfcb5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/Bridging.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/Bridging.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 final class Bridging {
 
   private static final Cache<String, AttributeKey<String>> tagsCache = Cache.bounded(1024);
+  private static final Cache<String, String> descriptionsCache = Cache.bounded(1024);
 
   static Attributes tagsAsAttributes(Meter.Id id, NamingConvention namingConvention) {
     Iterable<Tag> tags = id.getTagsAsIterable();
@@ -36,9 +37,12 @@ static String name(Meter.Id id, NamingConvention namingConvention) {
     return namingConvention.name(id.getName(), id.getType(), id.getBaseUnit());
   }
 
-  static String description(Meter.Id id) {
-    String description = id.getDescription();
-    return description == null ? "" : description;
+  static String description(String name, Meter.Id id) {
+    return descriptionsCache.computeIfAbsent(
+        name, n -> {
+          String description = id.getDescription();
+          return description == null ? "" : description;
+        });
   }
 
   static String baseUnit(Meter.Id id) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryCounter.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryCounter.java
index 995d61db4a11..1563ffa17f86 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryCounter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryCounter.java
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ final class OpenTelemetryCounter implements Counter, RemovableMeter {
     this.id = id;
 
     this.attributes = tagsAsAttributes(id, namingConvention);
+    String conventionName = name(id, namingConvention);
     this.otelCounter =
         otelMeter
-            .counterBuilder(name(id, namingConvention))
-            .setDescription(description(id))
+            .counterBuilder(conventionName)
+            .setDescription(description(conventionName, id))
             .setUnit(baseUnit(id))
             .ofDoubles()
             .build();
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryDistributionSummary.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryDistributionSummary.java
index dd63c0103c84..5888995b6863 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryDistributionSummary.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryDistributionSummary.java
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ final class OpenTelemetryDistributionSummary extends AbstractDistributionSummary
     this.otelHistogram =
         otelMeter
             .histogramBuilder(conventionName)
-            .setDescription(description(id))
+            .setDescription(description(conventionName, id))
             .setUnit(baseUnit(id))
             .build();
     this.maxHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildGauge(
             conventionName + ".max",
-            description(id),
+            description(conventionName, id),
             baseUnit(id),
             attributes,
             max,
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionCounter.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionCounter.java
index a4d530a7eb22..f7654530cb18 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionCounter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionCounter.java
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5;
 
-import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5.Bridging.baseUnit;
-import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5.Bridging.description;
-import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5.Bridging.name;
-import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5.Bridging.tagsAsAttributes;
+import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.micrometer.v1_5.Bridging.*;
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.FunctionCounter;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Measurement;
@@ -34,10 +31,11 @@ final class OpenTelemetryFunctionCounter<T> implements FunctionCounter, Removabl
       AsyncInstrumentRegistry asyncInstrumentRegistry) {
     this.id = id;
 
+    String conventionName = name(id, namingConvention);
     countMeasurementHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildDoubleCounter(
-            name(id, namingConvention),
-            description(id),
+            conventionName,
+            description(conventionName, id),
             baseUnit(id),
             tagsAsAttributes(id, namingConvention),
             obj,
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
index 3bec29f49578..dd18435a99c8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer.java
@@ -45,18 +45,22 @@ final class OpenTelemetryFunctionTimer<T> implements FunctionTimer, RemovableMet
     this.id = id;
     this.baseTimeUnit = baseTimeUnit;
 
-    String countMeterName = name(id, namingConvention) + ".count";
-    String totalTimeMeterName = name(id, namingConvention) + ".sum";
+    String conventionName = name(id, namingConvention);
     Attributes attributes = tagsAsAttributes(id, namingConvention);
 
     countMeasurementHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildLongCounter(
-            countMeterName, description(id), /* baseUnit = */ "1", attributes, obj, countFunction);
+            conventionName + ".count",
+            description(conventionName, id),
+            /* baseUnit = */ "1",
+            attributes,
+            obj,
+            countFunction);
 
     totalTimeMeasurementHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildDoubleCounter(
-            totalTimeMeterName,
-            description(id),
+            conventionName + ".sum",
+            description(conventionName, id),
             getUnitString(baseTimeUnit),
             attributes,
             obj,
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryGauge.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryGauge.java
index b36f91be2e2f..d9cc482c2d25 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryGauge.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryGauge.java
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ final class OpenTelemetryGauge<T> implements Gauge, RemovableMeter {
 
     this.id = id;
 
+    String conventionName = name(id, namingConvention);
     gaugeMeasurementHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildGauge(
-            name(id, namingConvention),
-            description(id),
+            conventionName,
+            description(conventionName, id),
             baseUnit(id),
             tagsAsAttributes(id, namingConvention),
             obj,
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer.java
index 6ab2aec6654d..10f4282e2018 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ final class OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer extends DefaultLongTaskTimer implements R
     this.activeTasksHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildUpDownLongCounter(
             conventionName + ".active",
-            description(id),
+            description(conventionName, id),
             "tasks",
             attributes,
             this,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ final class OpenTelemetryLongTaskTimer extends DefaultLongTaskTimer implements R
     this.durationHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildUpDownDoubleCounter(
             conventionName + ".duration",
-            description(id),
+            description(conventionName, id),
             getUnitString(baseTimeUnit),
             attributes,
             this,
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryMeter.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryMeter.java
index b57c646297e3..422f90879aaf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryMeter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryMeter.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ final class OpenTelemetryMeter implements Meter, RemovableMeter {
     List<AsyncMeasurementHandle> measurementHandles = new ArrayList<>();
     for (Measurement measurement : measurements) {
       String name = statisticInstrumentName(id, measurement.getStatistic(), namingConvention);
-      String description = description(id);
+      String description = description(name, id);
       String baseUnit = baseUnit(id);
 
       switch (measurement.getStatistic()) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryTimer.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryTimer.java
index e7538853a6e5..8ce918222051 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryTimer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/OpenTelemetryTimer.java
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ final class OpenTelemetryTimer extends AbstractTimer implements RemovableMeter {
     this.otelHistogram =
         otelMeter
             .histogramBuilder(conventionName)
-            .setDescription(description(id))
+            .setDescription(description(conventionName, id))
             .setUnit(getUnitString(baseTimeUnit))
             .build();
     this.maxHandle =
         asyncInstrumentRegistry.buildGauge(
             conventionName + ".max",
-            description(id),
+            description(conventionName, id),
             getUnitString(baseTimeUnit),
             attributes,
             max,