diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
index 1686f9f306d..c6bd336ff42 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/core-effect.ts
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ export const makeSpan = (
     core.sync(() => {
       const enabled = FiberRefs.getOrDefault(fiberRefs, core.currentTracerEnabled)
       if (enabled === false) {
-        return core.noopSpan
+        return core.noopSpan(name)
       }
 
       const context = FiberRefs.getOrDefault(fiberRefs, core.currentContext)
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
index 2f26473ca24..4be6c274aaa 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/core.ts
@@ -3091,8 +3091,7 @@ export const currentSpanFromFiber = <A, E>(fiber: Fiber.RuntimeFiber<A, E>): Opt
   return span !== undefined && span._tag === "Span" ? Option.some(span) : Option.none()
 }
 
-/** @internal */
-export const noopSpan: Tracer.Span = globalValue("effect/Tracer/noopSpan", () => ({
+const NoopSpanProto: Tracer.Span = {
   _tag: "Span",
   spanId: "noop",
   traceId: "noop",
@@ -3111,4 +3110,11 @@ export const noopSpan: Tracer.Span = globalValue("effect/Tracer/noopSpan", () =>
   attribute() {},
   event() {},
   end() {}
-}))
+}
+
+/** @internal */
+export const noopSpan = (name: string): Tracer.Span => {
+  const span = Object.create(NoopSpanProto)
+  span.name = name
+  return span
+}
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
index e6ab5eaf9be..80334fdc9fd 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/Tracer.test.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ describe("Tracer", () => {
         Effect.withTracerEnabled(true)
       )
 
-      assert.deepEqual(span.name, "noop")
+      assert.deepEqual(span.name, "A")
+      assert.deepEqual(span.spanId, "noop")
       assert.deepEqual(spanB.name, "B")
     }))
 })