diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
index 70a115bf7d..c03d318770 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/kafka/SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor(
 
     final @NotNull IScopes forkedScopes = scopes.forkedRootScopes("SentryKafkaRecordInterceptor");
     final @NotNull ISentryLifecycleToken lifecycleToken = forkedScopes.makeCurrent();
+    currentContext.set(new SentryRecordContext(lifecycleToken, null));
 
     final @Nullable TransactionContext transactionContext = continueTrace(forkedScopes, record);