diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/tests/test_boto_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/tests/test_boto_instrumentation.py
index 1a8cc2b387fc7..cb45514c79991 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/tests/test_boto_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/tests/test_boto_instrumentation.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ 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
             ec2 = boto.ec2.connect_to_region("us-west-2")