diff --git a/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.CoreCLR.cs b/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.CoreCLR.cs
index 47b1bd454d80e..c727e0d267dcc 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.CoreCLR.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.CoreCLR.cs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public static partial class ThreadPool
 
         // This needs to be initialized after UsePortableThreadPool above, as it may depend on UsePortableThreadPool and the
         // config initialization
-        internal static readonly bool EnableWorkerTracking = GetEnableWorkerTracking();
+        private static readonly bool IsWorkerTrackingEnabledInConfig = GetEnableWorkerTracking();
 
         private static unsafe bool InitializeConfigAndDetermineUsePortableThreadPool()
         {
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.Portable.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.Portable.cs
index 70ac108e32d74..1b58668695f03 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.Portable.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPool.Portable.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static partial class ThreadPool
 #if CORERT
         internal const bool EnableWorkerTracking = false;
 #else
-        internal static readonly bool EnableWorkerTracking =
+        private static readonly bool IsWorkerTrackingEnabledInConfig =
             AppContextConfigHelper.GetBooleanConfig("System.Threading.ThreadPool.EnableWorkerTracking", false);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPoolWorkQueue.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPoolWorkQueue.cs
index e0dfdc951cf87..9b4fc5df0395a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPoolWorkQueue.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Threading/ThreadPoolWorkQueue.cs
@@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ public static partial class ThreadPool
             box.MoveNext();
         };
 
+        internal static bool EnableWorkerTracking => IsWorkerTrackingEnabledInConfig && EventSource.IsSupported;
+
         [CLSCompliant(false)]
         [UnsupportedOSPlatform("browser")]
         public static RegisteredWaitHandle RegisterWaitForSingleObject(