diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
index 5313c0691a..525f437615 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/consensus/RCLConsensus.cpp
@@ -66,14 +66,9 @@
 #include <xrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.h>
 #include <xrpl/telemetry/SpanNames.h>
 #include <xrpl/telemetry/Telemetry.h>
-#include <xrpl/telemetry/TraceContextPropagator.h>  // IWYU pragma: keep
 
 #include <boost/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
 
-#ifdef XRPL_ENABLE_TELEMETRY
-#include <opentelemetry/context/runtime_context.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <xrpl.pb.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h b/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
index 25e0884a64..45d92714c9 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/consensus/Consensus.h
@@ -700,6 +700,10 @@ Consensus<Adaptor>::startRoundInternal(
     CLOG(clog) << "startRoundInternal transitioned to ConsensusPhase::open, "
                   "previous ledgerID: "
                << prevLedgerID << ", seq: " << prevLedger.seq() << ". ";
+    // Reset establishSpan_ so a wrongLedger recovery mid-establish doesn't
+    // leak the prior round's span into the new one (startEstablishTracing
+    // early-returns when establishSpan_ is populated).
+    establishSpan_.reset();
     openSpan_.emplace(
         telemetry::SpanGuard::span(
             telemetry::TraceCategory::Consensus,