diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-webmvc-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springweb/SpringWebHttpServerDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-webmvc-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springweb/SpringWebHttpServerDecorator.java
index b4d43cb320..6d540b9424 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-webmvc-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springweb/SpringWebHttpServerDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-webmvc-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springweb/SpringWebHttpServerDecorator.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public class SpringWebHttpServerDecorator
 
   @Override
   public AgentSpan onRequest(final AgentSpan span, final HttpServletRequest request) {
-    super.onRequest(span, request);
     if (request != null) {
       final String method = request.getMethod();
       final Object bestMatchingPattern =