diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/DefaultSpanCreator.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/DefaultSpanCreator.java
index 7e2d5805f..36ae41a90 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/DefaultSpanCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/DefaultSpanCreator.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class DefaultSpanCreator implements SpanCreator {
 			log.debug("For the class [" + pjp.getThis().getClass() + "] method "
 					+ "[" + pjp.getMethod().getName() + "] will name the span [" + changedName + "]");
 		}
-		return this.tracer.tracer().nextSpan().name(changedName);
+		return this.tracer.tracer().nextSpan().name(changedName).start();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthAdvisorConfig.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthAdvisorConfig.java
index ba5daa6f6..7454ebb69 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthAdvisorConfig.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthAdvisorConfig.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class SleuthInterceptor implements IntroductionInterceptor, BeanFactoryAware  {
 		}
 		Span span = tracing().tracer().currentSpan();
 		if (newSpan != null || span == null) {
-			span = spanCreator().createSpan(invocation, newSpan).start();
+			span = spanCreator().createSpan(invocation, newSpan);
 		}
 		String log = log(continueSpan);
 		boolean hasLog = StringUtils.hasText(log);