diff --git a/include/fastdds/statistics/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp b/include/fastdds/statistics/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp
index ee69c1cfd7c..e6286a18d2b 100644
--- a/include/fastdds/statistics/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp
+++ b/include/fastdds/statistics/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 #include <fastdds/dds/builtin/topic/PublicationBuiltinTopicData.hpp>
 #include <fastdds/dds/builtin/topic/SubscriptionBuiltinTopicData.hpp>
 #include <fastdds/dds/core/ReturnCode.hpp>
-#include <fastdds/dds/core/status/StatusMask.hpp>
 #include <fastdds/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp>
-#include <fastdds/dds/domain/DomainParticipantFactory.hpp>
 #include <fastdds/dds/publisher/qos/DataWriterQos.hpp>
 #include <fastdds/fastdds_dll.hpp>
 
@@ -49,13 +47,6 @@ class DomainParticipant : public eprosima::fastdds::dds::DomainParticipant
 {
     DomainParticipant() = delete;
 
-protected:
-
-    DomainParticipant(
-            const eprosima::fastdds::dds::StatusMask& mask);
-
-    friend class eprosima::fastdds::dds::DomainParticipantFactory;
-
 public:
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/cpp/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipantFactory.cpp b/src/cpp/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipantFactory.cpp
index c93333e8203..711ac92caa4 100644
--- a/src/cpp/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipantFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipantFactory.cpp
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
 #include <xmlparser/XMLEndpointParser.h>
 #include <xmlparser/XMLProfileManager.h>
 
-#ifdef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
-#include <fastdds/statistics/dds/domain/DomainParticipant.hpp>
-#endif // ifdef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
-
 using namespace eprosima::fastdds::xmlparser;
 
 using eprosima::fastdds::rtps::RTPSDomain;
@@ -161,13 +157,12 @@ DomainParticipant* DomainParticipantFactory::create_participant(
 
     const DomainParticipantQos& pqos = (&qos == &PARTICIPANT_QOS_DEFAULT) ? default_participant_qos_ : qos;
 
-#ifndef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
     DomainParticipant* dom_part = new DomainParticipant(mask);
+#ifndef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
     DomainParticipantImpl* dom_part_impl = new DomainParticipantImpl(dom_part, did, pqos, listener);
 #else
-    statistics::dds::DomainParticipant* dom_part = new statistics::dds::DomainParticipant(mask);
-    statistics::dds::DomainParticipantImpl* dom_part_impl =
-            new statistics::dds::DomainParticipantImpl(dom_part, did, pqos, listener);
+    statistics::dds::DomainParticipantImpl* dom_part_impl = new statistics::dds::DomainParticipantImpl(dom_part, did,
+                    pqos, listener);
 #endif // FASTDDS_STATISTICS
 
     if (fastdds::rtps::GUID_t::unknown() != dom_part_impl->guid())
diff --git a/src/cpp/statistics/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipant.cpp b/src/cpp/statistics/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipant.cpp
index 3ad872043cd..40834038f03 100644
--- a/src/cpp/statistics/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipant.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/statistics/fastdds/domain/DomainParticipant.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ namespace fastdds {
 namespace statistics {
 namespace dds {
 
-DomainParticipant::DomainParticipant(
-        const eprosima::fastdds::dds::StatusMask& mask)
-    : eprosima::fastdds::dds::DomainParticipant(mask)
-{
-}
-
 fastdds::dds::ReturnCode_t DomainParticipant::enable_statistics_datawriter(
         const std::string& topic_name,
         const eprosima::fastdds::dds::DataWriterQos& dwqos)
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ DomainParticipant* DomainParticipant::narrow(
         eprosima::fastdds::dds::DomainParticipant* domain_participant)
 {
 #ifdef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
-    return static_cast<DomainParticipant*>(domain_participant);
+    return reinterpret_cast<DomainParticipant*>(domain_participant);
 #else
     (void)domain_participant;
     return nullptr;
@@ -93,7 +87,7 @@ const DomainParticipant* DomainParticipant::narrow(
         const eprosima::fastdds::dds::DomainParticipant* domain_participant)
 {
 #ifdef FASTDDS_STATISTICS
-    return static_cast<const DomainParticipant*>(domain_participant);
+    return reinterpret_cast<const DomainParticipant*>(domain_participant);
 #else
     (void)domain_participant;
     return nullptr;
diff --git a/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt b/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e6147b21ee..ebf61fe2bdb 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ set(DDS_BLACKBOXTESTS_SOURCE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/cpp/rtps/messages/CDRMessage.cpp
     )
 
+# These statistics tests narrow a base DomainParticipant to statistics::dds::DomainParticipant
+# and call members on it. That is intentional UB (the object is never constructed as the derived
+# type, to avoid emitting its vtable and breaking ABI), so disable the vptr (bad-downcast) check
+# for just these translation units
+if(SANITIZER STREQUAL "UNDEFINED")
+    set_source_files_properties(
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/DDSBlackboxTestsStatistics.cpp
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/DDSBlackboxTestsMonitorService.cpp
+        PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-fno-sanitize=vptr")
+endif()
+
 # Prepare static discovery xml file for blackbox tests.
 string(RANDOM LENGTH 4 ALPHABET 0123456789 TOPIC_RANDOM_NUMBER)
 math(EXPR TOPIC_RANDOM_NUMBER "${TOPIC_RANDOM_NUMBER} + 0") # Remove extra leading 0s.
diff --git a/test/unittest/statistics/dds/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unittest/statistics/dds/CMakeLists.txt
index 06cdc5c5d69..008e23c2240 100644
--- a/test/unittest/statistics/dds/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unittest/statistics/dds/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ if(TINYXML2_INCLUDE_DIR)
     include_directories(${TINYXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif(TINYXML2_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
+# These tests narrow a base DomainParticipant to statistics::dds::DomainParticipant and call members
+# on it. That is intentional UB (the object is never constructed as the derived type, to avoid
+# emitting its vtable and breaking ABI), so disable the vptr (bad-downcast) check for just these
+# translation units
+if(SANITIZER STREQUAL "UNDEFINED")
+    set_source_files_properties(
+        StatisticsDomainParticipantTests.cpp
+        StatisticsQosTests.cpp
+        StatisticsDomainParticipantStatusQueryableTests.cpp
+        StatisticsDomainParticipantMockTests.cpp
+        PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-fno-sanitize=vptr")
+endif()
+
 ## StatisticsDomainParticipantTests
 set(STATISTICS_DOMAINPARTICIPANT_TESTS_SOURCE
     StatisticsDomainParticipantTests.cpp