diff --git a/client/solve.go b/client/solve.go
index 1ce006bd4fafd..c47957c1b1508 100644
--- a/client/solve.go
+++ b/client/solve.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *Client) solve(ctx context.Context, def *llb.Definition, runGateway runG
 	statusContext, cancelStatus := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancelStatus()
 
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		statusContext = trace.ContextWithSpan(statusContext, span)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/buildctl/common/common.go b/cmd/buildctl/common/common.go
index aaccfff567b32..daa879520547f 100644
--- a/cmd/buildctl/common/common.go
+++ b/cmd/buildctl/common/common.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func ResolveClient(c *cli.Context) (*client.Client, error) {
 
 	ctx := CommandContext(c)
 
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		opts = append(opts, client.WithTracer(span.Tracer()))
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/buildctl/common/trace.go b/cmd/buildctl/common/trace.go
index e8c3a796c61c5..993cb93d12414 100644
--- a/cmd/buildctl/common/trace.go
+++ b/cmd/buildctl/common/trace.go
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ func AttachAppContext(app *cli.App) error {
 					}
 				}
 
-				ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, name)
-				span.SetAttributes(attribute.KeyValue{Key: "command", Value: attribute.ArrayValue(os.Args)})
+				ctx, span = tracer.Start(ctx, name, trace.WithAttributes(
+					attribute.Array("command", attribute.ArrayValue(os.Args)),
+				))
 
 				clicontext.App.Metadata["context"] = ctx
 				return nil
diff --git a/session/grpc.go b/session/grpc.go
index 746918dd75ada..719978c7313fd 100644
--- a/session/grpc.go
+++ b/session/grpc.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func grpcClientConn(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn) (context.Context, *grpc.
 		grpc.WithInsecure(),
 	}
 
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		tracer := span.Tracer()
 		unary = append(unary, filterClient(otelgrpc.UnaryClientInterceptor(otelgrpc.WithTracerProvider(constTracerProvider{tracer: tracer}), otelgrpc.WithPropagators(propagators))))
 		stream = append(stream, otelgrpc.StreamClientInterceptor(otelgrpc.WithTracerProvider(constTracerProvider{tracer: tracer}), otelgrpc.WithPropagators(propagators)))
diff --git a/session/session.go b/session/session.go
index dd0ab4b5ffed6..6d651324ba70c 100644
--- a/session/session.go
+++ b/session/session.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewSession(ctx context.Context, name, sharedKey string) (*Session, error) {
 
 	serverOpts := []grpc.ServerOption{}
 
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		tracer := span.Tracer()
 		unary = append(unary, filterServer(otelgrpc.UnaryServerInterceptor(otelgrpc.WithTracerProvider(constTracerProvider{tracer: tracer}), otelgrpc.WithPropagators(propagators))))
 		stream = append(stream, otelgrpc.StreamServerInterceptor(otelgrpc.WithTracerProvider(constTracerProvider{tracer: tracer}), otelgrpc.WithPropagators(propagators)))
diff --git a/solver/jobs.go b/solver/jobs.go
index e47d80271a135..0a3845f4272a9 100644
--- a/solver/jobs.go
+++ b/solver/jobs.go
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func (jl *Solver) deleteIfUnreferenced(k digest.Digest, st *state) {
 }
 
 func (j *Job) Build(ctx context.Context, e Edge) (CachedResult, error) {
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		j.span = span
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/tracing/tracing.go b/util/tracing/tracing.go
index 73adb8086ce89..a27652cbef8d4 100644
--- a/util/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/util/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func FinishWithError(span trace.Span, err error) {
 // context.WithoutCancel() that would copy the context but reset ctx.Done
 func ContextWithSpanFromContext(ctx, ctx2 context.Context) context.Context {
 	// if already is a span then noop
-	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span != nil {
+	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx); span.SpanContext().IsValid() {
 		return ctx
 	}
 	if span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx2); span != nil {