diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/pages-router-instrumentation/wrapApiHandlerWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/pages-router-instrumentation/wrapApiHandlerWithSentry.ts
index 5cfcf08e2168..856e80ee72f8 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/pages-router-instrumentation/wrapApiHandlerWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/pages-router-instrumentation/wrapApiHandlerWithSentry.ts
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ export function wrapApiHandlerWithSentry(apiHandler: NextApiHandler, parameteriz
         return withIsolationScope(isolationScope => {
           // Normally, there is an active span here (from Next.js OTEL) and we just use that as parent
           // Else, we manually continueTrace from the incoming headers
-          const continueTraceOrNot = getActiveSpan()
+          const continueTraceIfNoActiveSpan = getActiveSpan()
             ? <T>(_opts: unknown, callback: () => T) => callback()
             : continueTrace;
 
-          return continueTraceOrNot(
+          return continueTraceIfNoActiveSpan(
             {
               sentryTrace:
                 req.headers && isString(req.headers['sentry-trace']) ? req.headers['sentry-trace'] : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/withServerActionInstrumentation.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/withServerActionInstrumentation.ts
index d5865a827613..8b7cc32144f3 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/withServerActionInstrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/withServerActionInstrumentation.ts
@@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ async function withServerActionInstrumentationImplementation<A extends (...args:
 
     // Normally, there is an active span here (from Next.js OTEL) and we just use that as parent
     // Else, we manually continueTrace from the incoming headers
-    const continueTraceOrNot = getActiveSpan() ? <T>(_opts: unknown, callback: () => T) => callback() : continueTrace;
+    const continueTraceIfNoActiveSpan = getActiveSpan()
+      ? <T>(_opts: unknown, callback: () => T) => callback()
+      : continueTrace;
 
-    return continueTraceOrNot(
+    return continueTraceIfNoActiveSpan(
       {
         sentryTrace: sentryTraceHeader,
         baggage: baggageHeader,