diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml b/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
index ca5db4db07..3510bfce5c 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "fmt"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "enter"
+harness = false
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/benches/enter.rs b/tracing-subscriber/benches/enter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49c6e730a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/benches/enter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
+
+fn enter(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("enter");
+    let _subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .finish()
+        .set_default();
+    group.bench_function("enabled", |b| {
+        let span = tracing::info_span!("foo");
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| span.enter())
+    });
+    group.bench_function("disabled", |b| {
+        let span = tracing::debug_span!("foo");
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| span.enter())
+    });
+}
+
+fn enter_exit(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("enter_exit");
+    let _subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .finish()
+        .set_default();
+    group.bench_function("enabled", |b| {
+        let span = tracing::info_span!("foo");
+        b.iter(|| span.enter())
+    });
+    group.bench_function("disabled", |b| {
+        let span = tracing::debug_span!("foo");
+        b.iter(|| span.enter())
+    });
+}
+
+fn enter_many(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("enter_many");
+    let _subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
+        .finish()
+        .set_default();
+    group.bench_function("enabled", |b| {
+        let span1 = tracing::info_span!("span1");
+        let _e1 = span1.enter();
+        let span2 = tracing::info_span!("span2");
+        let _e2 = span2.enter();
+        let span3 = tracing::info_span!("span3");
+        let _e3 = span3.enter();
+        let span = tracing::info_span!("foo");
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| span.enter())
+    });
+    group.bench_function("disabled", |b| {
+        let span1 = tracing::info_span!("span1");
+        let _e1 = span1.enter();
+        let span2 = tracing::info_span!("span2");
+        let _e2 = span2.enter();
+        let span3 = tracing::info_span!("span3");
+        let _e3 = span3.enter();
+        let span = tracing::debug_span!("foo");
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| span.enter())
+    });
+}
+criterion_group!(benches, enter, enter_exit, enter_many);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
index c55b8081ce..d26a3e70e3 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/sharded.rs
@@ -202,19 +202,21 @@ impl Subscriber for Registry {
     fn event(&self, _: &Event<'_>) {}
 
     fn enter(&self, id: &span::Id) {
-        self.current_spans
+        if self
+            .current_spans
             .get_or_default()
             .borrow_mut()
-            .push(self.clone_span(id));
+            .push(id.clone())
+        {
+            self.clone_span(id);
+        }
     }
 
     fn exit(&self, id: &span::Id) {
-        if let Some(id) = self
-            .current_spans
-            .get()
-            .and_then(|spans| spans.borrow_mut().pop(id))
-        {
-            dispatcher::get_default(|dispatch| dispatch.try_close(id.clone()));
+        if let Some(spans) = self.current_spans.get() {
+            if spans.borrow_mut().pop(id) {
+                dispatcher::get_default(|dispatch| dispatch.try_close(id.clone()));
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/stack.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/stack.rs
index e85cb7c3cf..b0b372c13f 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/stack.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/registry/stack.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-
 pub(crate) use tracing_core::span::Id;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -15,19 +13,18 @@ struct ContextId {
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub(crate) struct SpanStack {
     stack: Vec<ContextId>,
-    ids: HashSet<Id>,
 }
 
 impl SpanStack {
-    pub(crate) fn push(&mut self, id: Id) {
-        let duplicate = self.ids.contains(&id);
-        if !duplicate {
-            self.ids.insert(id.clone());
-        }
-        self.stack.push(ContextId { id, duplicate })
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn push(&mut self, id: Id) -> bool {
+        let duplicate = self.stack.iter().any(|i| i.id == id);
+        self.stack.push(ContextId { id, duplicate });
+        !duplicate
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn pop(&mut self, expected_id: &Id) -> Option<Id> {
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn pop(&mut self, expected_id: &Id) -> bool {
         if let Some((idx, _)) = self
             .stack
             .iter()
@@ -35,14 +32,10 @@ impl SpanStack {
             .rev()
             .find(|(_, ctx_id)| ctx_id.id == *expected_id)
         {
-            let ContextId { id, duplicate } = self.stack.remove(idx);
-            if !duplicate {
-                self.ids.remove(&id);
-            }
-            Some(id)
-        } else {
-            None
+            let ContextId { id: _, duplicate } = self.stack.remove(idx);
+            return !duplicate;
         }
+        false
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ mod tests {
         let id = Id::from_u64(1);
         stack.push(id.clone());
 
-        assert_eq!(Some(id.clone()), stack.pop(&id));
+        assert!(stack.pop(&id));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -75,6 +68,6 @@ mod tests {
         stack.push(Id::from_u64(2));
 
         let id = Id::from_u64(1);
-        assert_eq!(Some(id.clone()), stack.pop(&id));
+        assert!(stack.pop(&id));
     }
 }