diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
index 5ac07bf9e..76a3d3302 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (t *Tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, spanName string, opts ...trace.SpanS
 
 	spanCtx, span := t.Tracer.Start(ctx, spanName, opts...)
 
-	wrappedSpan := &Span{Span: span, tracerProvider: &TracerProvider{tracer: t}}
+	wrappedSpan := &Span{Span: span, tracerProvider: &TracerProvider{TracerProvider: span.TracerProvider(), tracer: t}}
 
 	return trace.ContextWithSpan(spanCtx, wrappedSpan), wrappedSpan
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
index b5e0d9b02..b4d92dca8 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tracing
 
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -392,3 +393,25 @@ func TestTracing(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestTracerProvider ensures that Tracer returns a valid TracerProvider
+// when using the default Traefik Tracer and a custom one.
+func TestTracerProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	otlpConfig := &types.OTelTracing{}
+	otlpConfig.SetDefaults()
+
+	config := &static.Tracing{OTLP: otlpConfig}
+	tracer, closer, err := NewTracing(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	closer.Close()
+
+	_, span := tracer.Start(context.Background(), "test")
+	defer span.End()
+
+	span.TracerProvider().Tracer("github.com/traefik/traefik")
+	span.TracerProvider().Tracer("other")
+}