diff --git a/flutter/lib/src/span_frame_metrics_collector.dart b/flutter/lib/src/span_frame_metrics_collector.dart
index ecf0ca961c..fae7a67428 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/src/span_frame_metrics_collector.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/src/span_frame_metrics_collector.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import 'native/sentry_native_binding.dart';
 @internal
 class SpanFrameMetricsCollector implements PerformanceContinuousCollector {
   static const _frozenFrameThresholdMs = 700;
+  static const _defaultRefreshRate = 60;
+
   static const totalFramesKey = 'frames.total';
   static const framesDelayKey = 'frames.delay';
   static const slowFramesKey = 'frames.slow';
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class SpanFrameMetricsCollector implements PerformanceContinuousCollector {
   bool get isTrackingRegistered => _isTrackingRegistered;
   bool _isTrackingRegistered = false;
 
-  int displayRefreshRate = 60;
+  int displayRefreshRate = _defaultRefreshRate;
 
   final _stopwatch = Stopwatch();
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ class SpanFrameMetricsCollector implements PerformanceContinuousCollector {
     }
 
     final fetchedDisplayRefreshRate = await _native?.displayRefreshRate();
-    if (fetchedDisplayRefreshRate != null) {
+    if (fetchedDisplayRefreshRate != null && fetchedDisplayRefreshRate > 0) {
       options.logger(SentryLevel.debug,
           'Retrieved display refresh rate at $fetchedDisplayRefreshRate');
       displayRefreshRate = fetchedDisplayRefreshRate;
@@ -251,6 +253,6 @@ class SpanFrameMetricsCollector implements PerformanceContinuousCollector {
     _isTrackingPaused = true;
     frames.clear();
     activeSpans.clear();
-    displayRefreshRate = 60;
+    displayRefreshRate = _defaultRefreshRate;
   }
 }
diff --git a/flutter/test/span_frame_metrics_collector_test.dart b/flutter/test/span_frame_metrics_collector_test.dart
index 41cb56b6d5..43c89f43c9 100644
--- a/flutter/test/span_frame_metrics_collector_test.dart
+++ b/flutter/test/span_frame_metrics_collector_test.dart
@@ -74,6 +74,33 @@ void main() {
     expect(tracer.data['frames.total'], expectedTotalFrames);
   });
 
+  test(
+      'captures metrics with display refresh rate of 60 if native refresh rate is 0',
+          () async {
+        final sut = fixture.sut;
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = 1.0;
+        fixture.options.addPerformanceCollector(sut);
+        final startTimestamp = DateTime.now();
+        final endTimestamp =
+        startTimestamp.add(Duration(milliseconds: 1000)).toUtc();
+
+        when(fixture.mockSentryNative.displayRefreshRate())
+            .thenAnswer((_) async => 0);
+
+        final tracer = SentryTracer(
+            SentryTransactionContext('name', 'op', description: 'tracerDesc'),
+            fixture.hub,
+            startTimestamp: startTimestamp);
+
+        await Future<void>.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 500));
+        await tracer.finish(endTimestamp: endTimestamp);
+
+        expect(tracer.data['frames.slow'], expectedSlowFrames);
+        expect(tracer.data['frames.frozen'], expectedFrozenFrames);
+        expect(tracer.data['frames.delay'], expectedFramesDelay);
+        expect(tracer.data['frames.total'], expectedTotalFrames);
+      });
+
   test('onSpanFinished removes frames older than span start timestamp',
       () async {
     // Using multiple spans to test frame removal. When the last span is finished,