diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/context/FieldBackedProvider.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/context/FieldBackedProvider.java
index e1ba25f68d..0e59c34a6c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/context/FieldBackedProvider.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/context/FieldBackedProvider.java
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ public class FieldBackedProvider implements InstrumentationContextProvider {
   }
 
   private static String getContextFieldName(final String keyClassName) {
-    return "__datadogContext" + Utils.converToInnerClassName(keyClassName);
+    return "__datadogContext$" + Utils.converToInnerClassName(keyClassName);
   }
 
   private static String getContextGetterName(final String keyClassName) {