diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
index 5c1de38c6b..7108037f96 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activateSp
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activeSpan;
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.propagate;
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.startSpan;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHeaders.GETTER;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentScope;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public class PlayAdvice {
   public static AgentScope onEnter(@Advice.Argument(0) final Request req) {
     final AgentSpan span;
     if (activeSpan() == null) {
-      final Context extractedContext = propagate().extract(req.headers(), PlayHeaders.GETTER);
+      final Context extractedContext = propagate().extract(req.headers(), GETTER);
       span = startSpan("play.request", extractedContext);
     } else {
       // An upstream framework (e.g. akka-http, netty) has already started the span.