diff --git a/pkg/infra/tracing/opentelemetry_tracing.go b/pkg/infra/tracing/opentelemetry_tracing.go
index e502b9350ba..1e0da774cb9 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/tracing/opentelemetry_tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/tracing/opentelemetry_tracing.go
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ func (ots *Opentelemetry) parseSettingsOpentelemetry() error {
 	ots.enabled = noopExporter
 
 	ots.address = section.Key("address").MustString("")
+	ots.propagation = section.Key("propagation").MustString("")
 	if ots.address != "" {
 		ots.enabled = jaegerExporter
 		return nil
 	}
-	ots.propagation = section.Key("propagation").MustString("")
 
 	section, err = ots.Cfg.Raw.GetSection("tracing.opentelemetry.otlp")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (ots *Opentelemetry) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (ots *Opentelemetry) Start(ctx context.Context, spanName string, opts ...trace.SpanStartOption) (context.Context, Span) {
-	ctx, span := ots.tracer.Start(ctx, spanName)
+	ctx, span := ots.tracer.Start(ctx, spanName, opts...)
 	opentelemetrySpan := OpentelemetrySpan{
 		span: span,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go b/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
index c03e10a2b1d..64fe6311eb6 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func RequestTracing(tracer tracing.Tracer) web.Middleware {
 			rw := web.Rw(w, req)
 
 			wireContext := otel.GetTextMapPropagator().Extract(req.Context(), propagation.HeaderCarrier(req.Header))
-			ctx, span := tracer.Start(req.Context(), fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.Path), trace.WithLinks(trace.LinkFromContext(wireContext)))
+			ctx, span := tracer.Start(wireContext, fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.Path), trace.WithLinks(trace.LinkFromContext(wireContext)))
 
 			req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, req)