diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.java
index 6967415e8d..c61aab869c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/concurrent/ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.java
@@ -26,11 +26,24 @@ public class ExecutorInstrumentationUtils {
    * @return true iff given task object should be wrapped
    */
   public static boolean shouldAttachStateToTask(final Object task, final Executor executor) {
+    if (task == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     final TraceScope scope = activeScope();
-    return (scope != null
+    final Class enclosingClass = task.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
+
+    return scope != null
         && scope.isAsyncPropagating()
-        && task != null
-        && !ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.isExecutorDisabledForThisTask(executor, task));
+        && !ExecutorInstrumentationUtils.isExecutorDisabledForThisTask(executor, task)
+
+        // Don't instrument the executor's own runnables.  These runnables may never return until
+        // netty shuts down.  Any created continuations will be open until that time preventing
+        // traces from being reported
+        && (enclosingClass == null
+            || !enclosingClass
+                .getName()
+                .equals("io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor"));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -47,20 +60,13 @@ public class ExecutorInstrumentationUtils {
 
     final State state = contextStore.putIfAbsent(task, State.FACTORY);
 
-    // Don't instrument the executor's own runnables.  These runnables may never return until
-    // netty shuts down.  Any created continuations will be open until that time preventing traces
-    // from being reported
-    if (!task.getClass()
-        .getName()
-        .startsWith("io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$")) {
-
-      final TraceScope.Continuation continuation = scope.capture();
-      if (state.setContinuation(continuation)) {
-        log.debug("created continuation {} from scope {}, state: {}", continuation, scope, state);
-      } else {
-        continuation.close(false);
-      }
+    final TraceScope.Continuation continuation = scope.capture();
+    if (state.setContinuation(continuation)) {
+      log.debug("created continuation {} from scope {}, state: {}", continuation, scope, state);
+    } else {
+      continuation.close(false);
     }
+
     return state;
   }