diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module_test.go b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module_test.go
index e0975a9ad..0e677334a 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module_test.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module_test.go
@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@ func TestTracing_OpenTelemetry_Span_Attributes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Verify that the span attributes were set correctly with placeholder replacement
 	expectedAttributes := map[string]string{
-		"placeholder": "POST",
-		"static":      "test-service",
-		"mixed":       "prefix-POST-suffix",
+		"placeholder":               "POST",
+		"static":                    "test-service",
+		"mixed":                     "prefix-POST-suffix",
+		"http.response.status_code": "200", // OTEL default
 	}
 
 	actualAttributes := make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
index 8e4b1162f..d4b7c1d4c 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ func (ot *openTelemetryWrapper) serveHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		}
 	}
 
+	next := ctx.Value(nextCallCtxKey).(*nextCall)
+	next.err = next.next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
 	// Add custom span attributes to the current span
 	span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
 	if span.IsRecording() && len(ot.spanAttributes) > 0 {
@@ -116,9 +119,6 @@ func (ot *openTelemetryWrapper) serveHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		}
 		span.SetAttributes(attributes...)
 	}
-
-	next := ctx.Value(nextCallCtxKey).(*nextCall)
-	next.err = next.next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
 // ServeHTTP propagates call to the by wrapped by `otelhttp` next handler.