diff --git a/instrumentation/tomcat/tomcat-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/tomcat/common/TomcatNetAttributesGetter.java b/instrumentation/tomcat/tomcat-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/tomcat/common/TomcatNetAttributesGetter.java
index ab1441a8eb..469cf667b3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/tomcat/tomcat-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/tomcat/common/TomcatNetAttributesGetter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/tomcat/tomcat-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/tomcat/common/TomcatNetAttributesGetter.java
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ public class TomcatNetAttributesGetter implements NetServerAttributesGetter<Requ
   @Override
   @Nullable
   public String peerName(Request request) {
-    request.action(ActionCode.REQ_HOST_ATTRIBUTE, request);
-    return request.remoteHost().toString();
+    // not using request.action(ActionCode.REQ_HOST_ATTRIBUTE, request) since that calls
+    // InetAddress.getHostName() which trigger reverse name lookup
+    return null;
   }
 
   @Override