diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_context_kv_iterable.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_context_kv_iterable.h
index ea316caf97..d0111083ff 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_context_kv_iterable.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_context_kv_iterable.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class NullSpanContext : public SpanContextKeyValueIterable
       nostd::function_ref<bool(SpanContext, const opentelemetry::common::KeyValueIterable &)>
           callback) const noexcept override
   {
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   size_t size() const noexcept override { return 0; };