diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b963cfddc2..653cbfa064 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2420](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2420))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio` Check for __name__ attribute in the coroutine
   ([#2521](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2521))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio` Fix return coro when __name__ is not present
+  ([#2521](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2521))
 
 ## Version 1.24.0/0.45b0 (2024-03-28)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
index 6d82da6cd0..fc1b535270 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def trace_item(self, coro_or_future):
 
     async def trace_coroutine(self, coro):
         if not hasattr(coro, "__name__"):
-            return
+            return coro
         start = default_timer()
         attr = {
             "type": "coroutine",