diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
index b10e709b67..30b3e4db32 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
@@ -556,6 +556,13 @@ RCLConsensus::Adaptor::doAccept(
 {
     namespace cs = telemetry::consensus::span;
 
+    // Make the accept span ambient for the whole accept so doAccept's log lines
+    // (and any spans created here) correlate to it. Non-owning: acceptSpan still
+    // owns/ends the span. doAccept runs to completion on the JtAccept worker
+    // (no coroutine yield), so this scope is thread-local and safe.
+    auto acceptActivation =
+        (acceptSpan && *acceptSpan) ? acceptSpan->activate() : telemetry::ScopedActivation{};
+
     prevProposers_ = result.proposers;
     prevRoundTime_ = result.roundTime.read();