diff --git a/internal/pdh/collector.go b/internal/pdh/collector.go
index 139a5437..371555c5 100644
--- a/internal/pdh/collector.go
+++ b/internal/pdh/collector.go
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ func (c *Collector[T]) collect(dst *[]T, state *collectState) (err error) {
 	defer state.names.removeUnseen()
 
 	for counterIndex := range c.counters {
+		c.loadTimeBase(&c.counters[counterIndex])
+
 		for _, instance := range c.counters[counterIndex].Instances {
 			itemCount, ok, err := c.getCounterArray(instance, &state.buf)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -538,6 +540,26 @@ func (c *Collector[T]) collect(dst *[]T, state *collectState) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// loadTimeBase reads the time base of a raw elapsed time counter that had none
+// when the collector was created. Early after a reboot, PDH can report no data
+// for it, e.g. for APP_POOL_WAS while WAS is still starting (#2313). Without a
+// time base, the counter has no valid value and every instance is omitted.
+func (c *Collector[T]) loadTimeBase(counter *Counter) {
+	if c.resultType != CounterTypeRaw || counter.Type != PERF_ELAPSED_TIME || counter.Frequency > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, instance := range counter.Instances {
+		var frequency int64
+
+		if ret := GetCounterTimeBase(instance, &frequency); ret == ErrorSuccess && frequency > 0 {
+			counter.Frequency = frequency
+
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // pdhBufferSlack is extra space allocated beyond the buffer size reported by PDH.
 // On Windows Server 2012 R2, PdhGetRawCounterArrayW reports the size of the item array of a single-instance
 // object (e.g. System) without the terminator of the empty instance name, and writes that terminator right after
diff --git a/internal/pdh/collector_internal_test.go b/internal/pdh/collector_internal_test.go
index e4150e3d..e9395ac5 100644
--- a/internal/pdh/collector_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/pdh/collector_internal_test.go
@@ -363,6 +363,40 @@ func TestSetRawValueElapsedTime(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, c.setRawValue(&values, counter, RawCounter{FirstValue: 1, SecondValue: 2}))
 }
 
+// TestCollectLoadsMissingTimeBase checks that an elapsed time counter whose time
+// base was not available when the collector was created gets it on a later
+// sample, instead of omitting every instance until a restart (#2313).
+func TestCollectLoadsMissingTimeBase(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	type systemUpTime struct {
+		SystemUpTime float64 `perfdata:"System Up Time"`
+	}
+
+	collector, err := NewCollector[systemUpTime](slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler), CounterTypeRaw, "System", nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(collector.Close)
+
+	require.Len(t, collector.counters, 1)
+
+	counter := &collector.counters[0]
+	require.Equal(t, uint32(PERF_ELAPSED_TIME), counter.Type)
+
+	frequency := counter.Frequency
+	require.Positive(t, frequency)
+
+	// As if GetCounterTimeBase reported no data at startup.
+	counter.Frequency = 0
+
+	var dst []systemUpTime
+
+	require.NoError(t, collector.Collect(&dst))
+	require.Equal(t, frequency, counter.Frequency)
+	require.Len(t, dst, 1)
+	require.Positive(t, dst[0].SystemUpTime)
+}
+
 func TestMetricTypeForCounterType(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()