diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index eb2852f112386..5b429766ec3a1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def test_not_recording(self):
         mock_span.is_recording.return_value = False
         mock_tracer.start_span.return_value = mock_span
         mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__enter__ = mock_span
-        mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__exit__ = mock_span
+        mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__exit__ = True
         with patch("opentelemetry.trace.get_tracer") as tracer:
             tracer.return_value = mock_tracer
             self.fetch("/")