diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentation.java
index aeb6a4b2b2..d5bda26563 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentation.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public final class ExecutorInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
       "scala.concurrent.impl.ExecutionContextImpl$$anon$3",
       "akka.dispatch.MessageDispatcher",
       "akka.dispatch.Dispatcher",
+      "akka.dispatch.Dispatcher$LazyExecutorServiceDelegate",
       "akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl$$anon$1",
       "akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinPool",
       "akka.dispatch.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool",
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ public final class ExecutorInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
       if (state.setContinuation(continuation)) {
         log.debug("created continuation {} from scope {}, state: {}", continuation, scope, state);
       } else {
-        continuation.close();
+        continuation.close(false);
       }
       return state;
     }
diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/context/TraceScope.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/context/TraceScope.java
index ff989a2844..866c81eeb6 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/context/TraceScope.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/context/TraceScope.java
@@ -32,7 +32,19 @@ public interface TraceScope {
      */
     TraceScope activate();
 
-    /** Cancel the continuation. */
+    /**
+     * Cancel the continuation. This also closes parent scope.
+     *
+     * <p>FIXME: the fact that this is closing parent scope is confusing, we should review this in
+     * new API.
+     */
     void close();
+
+    /**
+     * Close the continuation.
+     *
+     * @param closeContinuationScope true iff parent scope should also be closed
+     */
+    void close(boolean closeContinuationScope);
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/scopemanager/ContinuableScope.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/scopemanager/ContinuableScope.java
index d2f1b29403..a17c97a0a9 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/scopemanager/ContinuableScope.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/scopemanager/ContinuableScope.java
@@ -128,9 +128,18 @@ public class ContinuableScope implements Scope, TraceScope {
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
+      close(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close(final boolean closeContinuationScope) {
       if (used.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
         trace.cancelContinuation(this);
-        ContinuableScope.this.close();
+        if (closeContinuationScope) {
+          ContinuableScope.this.close();
+        } else {
+          openCount.decrementAndGet();
+        }
       } else {
         log.debug("Failed to close continuation {}. Already used.", this);
       }