diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/asgi.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/asgi.py
index 773c538045..e90b7e86d6 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/asgi.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/asgi.py
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ async def sentry_wrapped_callback(request, *args, **kwargs):
         if sentry_scope.profile is not None:
             sentry_scope.profile.update_active_thread_id()
 
+        integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
+        if not integration or not integration.middleware_spans:
+            return await callback(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
         with sentry_sdk.start_span(
             op=OP.VIEW_RENDER,
             name=request.resolver_match.view_name,
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/views.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/views.py
index 0a9861a6a6..d832e342c7 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/views.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/views.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def sentry_patched_make_view_atomic(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # efficient way to wrap views (or build a cache?)
 
         integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
-        if integration is not None and integration.middleware_spans:
+        if integration is not None:
             is_async_view = (
                 iscoroutinefunction is not None
                 and wrap_async_view is not None
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def sentry_wrapped_callback(request, *args, **kwargs):
         if sentry_scope.profile is not None:
             sentry_scope.profile.update_active_thread_id()
 
+        integration = sentry_sdk.get_client().get_integration(DjangoIntegration)
+        if not integration or not integration.middleware_spans:
+            return callback(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
         with sentry_sdk.start_span(
             op=OP.VIEW_RENDER,
             name=request.resolver_match.view_name,
diff --git a/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py b/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
index 8a30c7f5c0..f956d12f82 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
@@ -118,19 +118,25 @@ async def test_async_views(sentry_init, capture_events, application):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("application", APPS)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("endpoint", ["/sync/thread_ids", "/async/thread_ids"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("middleware_spans", [False, True])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.forked
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     django.VERSION < (3, 1), reason="async views have been introduced in Django 3.1"
 )
 async def test_active_thread_id(
-    sentry_init, capture_envelopes, teardown_profiling, endpoint, application
+    sentry_init,
+    capture_envelopes,
+    teardown_profiling,
+    endpoint,
+    application,
+    middleware_spans,
 ):
     with mock.patch(
         "sentry_sdk.profiler.transaction_profiler.PROFILE_MINIMUM_SAMPLES", 0
     ):
         sentry_init(
-            integrations=[DjangoIntegration()],
+            integrations=[DjangoIntegration(middleware_spans=middleware_spans)],
             traces_sample_rate=1.0,
             profiles_sample_rate=1.0,
         )