diff --git a/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts b/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
index 9d5421f697cd..d8f6796b5b1b 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export const browserTracingIntegration = ((_options: Partial<BrowserTracingOptio
         registerInpInteractionListener();
       }
 
-      instrumentOutgoingRequests({
+      instrumentOutgoingRequests(client, {
         traceFetch,
         traceXHR,
         tracePropagationTargets: client.getOptions().tracePropagationTargets,
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts b/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
index 30f03dbddec0..e0b2e1a6d113 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/tracing/request.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions: RequestInstrumentationOptions
 };
 
 /** Registers span creators for xhr and fetch requests  */
-export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumentationOptions>): void {
+export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(client: Client, _options?: Partial<RequestInstrumentationOptions>): void {
   const { traceFetch, traceXHR, shouldCreateSpanForRequest, enableHTTPTimings, tracePropagationTargets } = {
     traceFetch: defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions.traceFetch,
     traceXHR: defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions.traceXHR,
@@ -117,27 +117,24 @@ export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumenta
   const shouldAttachHeadersWithTargets = (url: string): boolean => shouldAttachHeaders(url, tracePropagationTargets);
 
   const spans: Record<string, Span> = {};
-  const client = getClient();
 
   if (traceFetch) {
-    if (client) {
-      // Keeping track of http requests, whose body payloads resolved later than the intial 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);
-              }
+    // Keeping track of http requests, whose body payloads resolved later than the intial 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;
-      });
-    }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      return event;
+    });
 
     addFetchEndInstrumentationHandler(handlerData => {
       if (handlerData.response) {
diff --git a/packages/browser/test/unit/tracing/request.test.ts b/packages/browser/test/unit/tracing/request.test.ts
index 47174c7d9016..384d62bf52e2 100644
--- a/packages/browser/test/unit/tracing/request.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/test/unit/tracing/request.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as browserUtils from '@sentry-internal/browser-utils';
+import type { Client } from '@sentry/types';
 import * as utils from '@sentry/utils';
 import { WINDOW } from '../../../src/helpers';
 
@@ -10,16 +11,27 @@ beforeAll(() => {
   global.Request = {};
 });
 
+class MockClient implements Partial<Client> {
+  public addEventProcessor: () => void;
+  constructor() {
+    // Mock addEventProcessor function
+    this.addEventProcessor = jest.fn();
+  }
+}
+
 describe('instrumentOutgoingRequests', () => {
+  let client: Client;
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
+    client = new MockClient() as unknown as Client;
   });
 
   it('instruments fetch and xhr requests', () => {
     const addFetchSpy = jest.spyOn(utils, 'addFetchInstrumentationHandler');
     const addXhrSpy = jest.spyOn(browserUtils, 'addXhrInstrumentationHandler');
 
-    instrumentOutgoingRequests();
+    instrumentOutgoingRequests(client);
 
     expect(addFetchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Function));
     expect(addXhrSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Function));
@@ -28,7 +40,7 @@ describe('instrumentOutgoingRequests', () => {
   it('does not instrument fetch requests if traceFetch is false', () => {
     const addFetchSpy = jest.spyOn(utils, 'addFetchInstrumentationHandler');
 
-    instrumentOutgoingRequests({ traceFetch: false });
+    instrumentOutgoingRequests(client, { traceFetch: false });
 
     expect(addFetchSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
@@ -36,7 +48,7 @@ describe('instrumentOutgoingRequests', () => {
   it('does not instrument xhr requests if traceXHR is false', () => {
     const addXhrSpy = jest.spyOn(browserUtils, 'addXhrInstrumentationHandler');
 
-    instrumentOutgoingRequests({ traceXHR: false });
+    instrumentOutgoingRequests(client, { traceXHR: false });
 
     expect(addXhrSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });