diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 4aa3a51b1..833688436 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ func (c *configImpl) SoongMakeVarsMk() string {
 }
 
 func (c *configImpl) SoongBuildMetrics() string {
-	return filepath.Join(c.OutDir(), "soong_build_metrics.pb")
+	return filepath.Join(c.LogsDir(), "soong_build_metrics.pb")
 }
 
 func (c *configImpl) ProductOut() string {
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index abdfedae7..90f1798f3 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ func loadSoongBuildMetrics(ctx Context, config Config, oldTimestamp time.Time) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	metricsData, err := os.ReadFile(config.SoongBuildMetrics())
+	metricsData, err := os.ReadFile(soongBuildMetricsFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Verbosef("Failed to read %s: %s", soongBuildMetricsFile, err)
 		return