diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/ledger/detail/InboundLedger.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/ledger/detail/InboundLedger.cpp
index 84f77e5d95..bb0b2ee8e0 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/ledger/detail/InboundLedger.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/ledger/detail/InboundLedger.cpp
@@ -103,12 +103,11 @@ InboundLedger::init(ScopedLockType& collectionLock)
     // observable. Finalized in done() with the outcome and timeout count.
     {
         using namespace telemetry;
-        // Detach the Scope: this guard is emplaced here but reset() on a
-        // JtLedgerData worker thread. Detaching strips the thread-local Scope
-        // so its destruction there does not corrupt this thread's context stack.
+        // acquireSpan_ is emplaced here but reset() on a JtLedgerData worker
+        // thread. A SpanGuard is thread-free (owns no thread-local Scope), so it
+        // can be created here and destroyed on the worker with no scope to strip.
         acquireSpan_.emplace(
-            SpanGuard::span(TraceCategory::Ledger, seg::ledger, ledger_span::op::acquire)
-                .detached());
+            SpanGuard::span(TraceCategory::Ledger, seg::ledger, ledger_span::op::acquire));
         if (*acquireSpan_)
         {
             acquireSpan_->setAttribute(ledger_span::attr::ledgerSeq, static_cast<int64_t>(seq_));