diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamer.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamer.java
index f77595867..40c8454b1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamer.java
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation of SpanNamer that tries to get the span name as follows:
- *
+ * <p>
  * * from the @SpanName annotation on the class if one is present.
- *
+ * <p>
  * * from the @SpanName annotation on the method if passed object is of a {@link Method}.
  * type
- *
+ * <p>
  * * from the toString() of the delegate if it's not the default
  * {@link Object#toString()}.
- *
+ * <p>
  * * the default provided value.
  *
  * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
  */
 public class DefaultSpanNamer implements SpanNamer {
 
-	private static boolean isDefaultToString(Object delegate, String spanName) {
+	private static boolean isDefaultToString(Object delegate) {
 		try {
 			return delegate.getClass().getMethod("toString").getDeclaringClass() == Object.class;
 		}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class DefaultSpanNamer implements SpanNamer {
 		SpanName annotation = annotation(object);
 		String spanName = annotation != null ? annotation.value() : object.toString();
 		// If there is no overridden toString method we'll put a constant value
-		if (isDefaultToString(object, spanName)) {
+		if (annotation == null && isDefaultToString(object)) {
 			return defaultValue;
 		}
 		return spanName;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamerTest.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamerTest.java
index 2c7403073..b5ddf0dc5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamerTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/internal/DefaultSpanNamerTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.internal;
 import org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.SpanName;
+
 class DefaultSpanNamerTest {
 
 	@Test
@@ -39,6 +41,12 @@ class DefaultSpanNamerTest {
 		BDDAssertions.then(defaultValue).isEqualTo("mytostring");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void nameWithNoToStringAndAnnotation() {
+		String defaultValue = new DefaultSpanNamer().name(new NoToStringOverrideAndAnnotation(), "default value");
+		BDDAssertions.then(defaultValue).isEqualTo("new-name");
+	}
+
 	static class NoToStringOverride {
 
 	}
@@ -56,4 +64,9 @@ class DefaultSpanNamerTest {
 
 	}
 
+	@SpanName("new-name")
+	static class NoToStringOverrideAndAnnotation {
+
+	}
+
 }