diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index 02aabfea95c1..71211907e083 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -156,15 +156,16 @@ async def __call__(self, scope, receive, send):
             propagators.extract(get_header_from_scope, scope)
         )
         span_name, additional_attributes = self.span_details_callback(scope)
-        attributes = collect_request_attributes(scope)
-        attributes.update(additional_attributes)
 
         try:
             with self.tracer.start_as_current_span(
-                span_name + " asgi",
-                kind=trace.SpanKind.SERVER,
-                attributes=attributes,
-            ):
+                span_name + " asgi", kind=trace.SpanKind.SERVER,
+            ) as span:
+                if span.is_recording():
+                    attributes = collect_request_attributes(scope)
+                    attributes.update(additional_attributes)
+                    for key, value in attributes.items():
+                        span.set_attribute(key, value)
 
                 @wraps(receive)
                 async def wrapped_receive():
@@ -172,9 +173,10 @@ async def wrapped_receive():
                         span_name + " asgi." + scope["type"] + ".receive"
                     ) as receive_span:
                         message = await receive()
-                        if message["type"] == "websocket.receive":
-                            set_status_code(receive_span, 200)
-                        receive_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
+                        if receive_span.is_recording():
+                            if message["type"] == "websocket.receive":
+                                set_status_code(receive_span, 200)
+                            receive_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
                     return message
 
                 @wraps(send)
@@ -182,12 +184,13 @@ async def wrapped_send(message):
                     with self.tracer.start_as_current_span(
                         span_name + " asgi." + scope["type"] + ".send"
                     ) as send_span:
-                        if message["type"] == "http.response.start":
-                            status_code = message["status"]
-                            set_status_code(send_span, status_code)
-                        elif message["type"] == "websocket.send":
-                            set_status_code(send_span, 200)
-                        send_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
+                        if send_span.is_recording():
+                            if message["type"] == "http.response.start":
+                                status_code = message["status"]
+                                set_status_code(send_span, status_code)
+                            elif message["type"] == "websocket.send":
+                                set_status_code(send_span, 200)
+                            send_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
                         await send(message)
 
                 await self.app(scope, wrapped_receive, wrapped_send)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
index f994e25966c5..cf8944ce6df4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
@@ -164,6 +164,23 @@ def test_basic_asgi_call(self):
         outputs = self.get_all_output()
         self.validate_outputs(outputs)
 
+    def test_wsgi_not_recording(self):
+        mock_tracer = mock.Mock()
+        mock_span = mock.Mock()
+        mock_span.is_recording.return_value = False
+        mock_tracer.start_as_current_span.return_value = mock_span
+        mock_tracer.start_as_current_span.return_value.__enter__ = mock_span
+        mock_tracer.start_as_current_span.return_value.__exit__ = mock_span
+        with mock.patch("opentelemetry.trace.get_tracer") as tracer:
+            tracer.return_value = mock_tracer
+            app = otel_asgi.OpenTelemetryMiddleware(simple_asgi)
+            self.seed_app(app)
+            self.send_default_request()
+            self.assertFalse(mock_span.is_recording())
+            self.assertTrue(mock_span.is_recording.called)
+            self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_attribute.called)
+            self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_status.called)
+
     def test_asgi_exc_info(self):
         """Test that exception information is emitted as expected."""
         app = otel_asgi.OpenTelemetryMiddleware(error_asgi)