diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
index 110a6952db..762dca1723 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
@@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ def should_propagate_trace(hub, url):
     client = hub.client  # type: Any
     trace_propagation_targets = client.options["trace_propagation_targets"]
 
+    if client.transport and client.transport.parsed_dsn:
+        dsn_url = client.transport.parsed_dsn.netloc
+    else:
+        dsn_url = None
+
+    is_request_to_sentry = dsn_url and dsn_url in url
+    if is_request_to_sentry:
+        return False
+
     return match_regex_list(url, trace_propagation_targets, substring_matching=True)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tracing/test_misc.py b/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
index 0c9d114793..49b1f53015 100644
--- a/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from sentry_sdk.consts import MATCH_ALL
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import Span, Transaction
 from sentry_sdk.tracing_utils import should_propagate_trace
+from sentry_sdk.utils import Dsn
 
 try:
     from unittest import mock  # python 3.3 and above
@@ -305,5 +306,50 @@ def test_should_propagate_trace(
     hub = MagicMock()
     hub.client = MagicMock()
     hub.client.options = {"trace_propagation_targets": trace_propagation_targets}
+    hub.client.transport = MagicMock()
+    hub.client.transport.parsed_dsn = Dsn("https://bla@xxx.sentry.io/12312012")
 
     assert should_propagate_trace(hub, url) == expected_propagation_decision
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "dsn,url,expected_propagation_decision",
+    [
+        (
+            "https://dogsarebadatkeepingsecrets@squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            "http://example.com",
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            "https://dogsarebadatkeepingsecrets@squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            "https://dogsarebadatkeepingsecrets@squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            False,
+        ),
+        (
+            "https://dogsarebadatkeepingsecrets@squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            "http://squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            False,
+        ),
+        (
+            "https://dogsarebadatkeepingsecrets@squirrelchasers.ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            "http://ingest.sentry.io/12312012",
+            True,
+        ),
+        (
+            "https://abc@localsentry.example.com/12312012",
+            "http://localsentry.example.com",
+            False,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_should_propagate_trace_to_sentry(
+    sentry_init, dsn, url, expected_propagation_decision
+):
+    sentry_init(
+        dsn=dsn,
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+    )
+
+    Hub.current.client.transport.parsed_dsn = Dsn(dsn)
+
+    assert should_propagate_trace(Hub.current, url) == expected_propagation_decision