diff --git a/internal/telemetry/export/export.go b/internal/telemetry/export/export.go
index a48c6f1f09e..6ef33020980 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/export/export.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/export/export.go
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ var (
 	exporter   = LogWriter(os.Stderr, true)
 )
 
+func SetExporter(e Exporter) {
+	exporterMu.Lock()
+	defer exporterMu.Unlock()
+	exporter = e
+}
+
 func AddExporters(e ...Exporter) {
 	exporterMu.Lock()
 	defer exporterMu.Unlock()
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/log/bench_test.go b/internal/telemetry/log/bench_test.go
index dc77bd6a1e6..5eb0b33bca0 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/log/bench_test.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/log/bench_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/telemetry/export"
 	tellog "golang.org/x/tools/internal/telemetry/log"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/telemetry/tag"
 )
@@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ func (nw *noopWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(b), nil
 }
 
-func A(a int) int {
+func A(ctx context.Context, a int) int {
 	if a > 0 {
 		_ = 10 * 12
 	}
-	return B("Called from A")
+	return B(ctx, "Called from A")
 }
 
-func B(b string) int {
+func B(ctx context.Context, b string) int {
 	b = strings.ToUpper(b)
 	if len(b) > 1024 {
 		b = strings.ToLower(b)
@@ -54,16 +55,16 @@ func B_log(ctx context.Context, b string) int {
 	return len(b)
 }
 
-func A_log_stdlib(a int) int {
+func A_log_stdlib(ctx context.Context, a int) int {
 	if a > 0 {
 		stdlog.Printf("a > 0 where a=%d", a)
 		_ = 10 * 12
 	}
 	stdlog.Print("calling b")
-	return B_log_stdlib("Called from A")
+	return B_log_stdlib(ctx, "Called from A")
 }
 
-func B_log_stdlib(b string) int {
+func B_log_stdlib(ctx context.Context, b string) int {
 	b = strings.ToUpper(b)
 	stdlog.Printf("b uppercased, so lowercased where len_b=%d", len(b))
 	if len(b) > 1024 {
@@ -73,12 +74,15 @@ func B_log_stdlib(b string) int {
 	return len(b)
 }
 
-func BenchmarkNoTracingNoMetricsNoLogging(b *testing.B) {
+var values = []int{0, 10, 20, 100, 1000}
+
+func BenchmarkBaseline(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	b.ReportAllocs()
-	values := []int{0, 10, 20, 100, 1000}
+	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		for _, value := range values {
-			if g := A(value); g <= 0 {
+			if g := A(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
 				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
 			}
 		}
@@ -86,11 +90,27 @@ func BenchmarkNoTracingNoMetricsNoLogging(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLoggingNoExporter(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	export.SetExporter(export.Null())
 	b.ReportAllocs()
-	values := []int{0, 10, 20, 100, 1000}
+	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		for _, value := range values {
-			if g := A_log(context.TODO(), value); g <= 0 {
+			if g := A_log(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
+				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkLogging(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	export.SetExporter(export.LogWriter(new(noopWriter), false))
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, value := range values {
+			if g := A_log(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
 				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
 			}
 		}
@@ -98,11 +118,12 @@ func BenchmarkLoggingNoExporter(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLoggingStdlib(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	b.ReportAllocs()
-	values := []int{0, 10, 20, 100, 1000}
+	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		for _, value := range values {
-			if g := A_log_stdlib(value); g <= 0 {
+			if g := A_log_stdlib(ctx, value); g <= 0 {
 				b.Fatalf("Unexpected got g(%d) <= 0", g)
 			}
 		}