diff --git a/stats/internal/record.go b/stats/internal/record.go
index 36935e629..436dc791f 100644
--- a/stats/internal/record.go
+++ b/stats/internal/record.go
@@ -21,5 +21,11 @@ import (
 // DefaultRecorder will be called for each Record call.
 var DefaultRecorder func(tags *tag.Map, measurement interface{}, attachments map[string]interface{})
 
+// MeasurementRecorder will be called for each Record call. This is the same as DefaultRecorder but
+// avoids interface{} conversion.
+// This will be a func(tags *tag.Map, measurement []Measurement, attachments map[string]interface{}) type,
+// but is interface{} here to avoid import loops
+var MeasurementRecorder interface{}
+
 // SubscriptionReporter reports when a view subscribed with a measure.
 var SubscriptionReporter func(measure string)
diff --git a/stats/record.go b/stats/record.go
index f8a52bcd9..8b5b99803 100644
--- a/stats/record.go
+++ b/stats/record.go
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ func createRecordOption(ros ...Options) *recordOptions {
 	return o
 }
 
+type measurementRecorder = func(tags *tag.Map, measurement []Measurement, attachments map[string]interface{})
+
 // Record records one or multiple measurements with the same context at once.
 // If there are any tags in the context, measurements will be tagged with them.
 func Record(ctx context.Context, ms ...Measurement) {
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ func Record(ctx context.Context, ms ...Measurement) {
 	if len(ms) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	recorder := internal.DefaultRecorder
+	recorder := internal.MeasurementRecorder.(measurementRecorder)
 	record := false
 	for _, m := range ms {
 		if m.desc.subscribed() {
diff --git a/stats/view/worker.go b/stats/view/worker.go
index 6e8d18b7f..135c85a7d 100644
--- a/stats/view/worker.go
+++ b/stats/view/worker.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 	defaultWorker = NewMeter().(*worker)
 	go defaultWorker.start()
 	internal.DefaultRecorder = record
+	internal.MeasurementRecorder = recordMeasurement
 }
 
 type measureRef struct {
@@ -199,11 +200,21 @@ func record(tags *tag.Map, ms interface{}, attachments map[string]interface{}) {
 	defaultWorker.Record(tags, ms, attachments)
 }
 
+func recordMeasurement(tags *tag.Map, ms []stats.Measurement, attachments map[string]interface{}) {
+	defaultWorker.recordMeasurement(tags, ms, attachments)
+}
+
 // Record records a set of measurements ms associated with the given tags and attachments.
 func (w *worker) Record(tags *tag.Map, ms interface{}, attachments map[string]interface{}) {
+	w.recordMeasurement(tags, ms.([]stats.Measurement), attachments)
+}
+
+// recordMeasurement records a set of measurements ms associated with the given tags and attachments.
+// This is the same as Record but without an interface{} type to avoid allocations
+func (w *worker) recordMeasurement(tags *tag.Map, ms []stats.Measurement, attachments map[string]interface{}) {
 	req := &recordReq{
 		tm:          tags,
-		ms:          ms.([]stats.Measurement),
+		ms:          ms,
 		attachments: attachments,
 		t:           time.Now(),
 	}