diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
index 072d29cd22..a60d2f8706 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/Span.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class Span implements APISpan, ReadableSpan {
     this.parentSpanId = parentSpanId;
     this.kind = kind;
     this.links = links;
-    if(initAttributes){
+    if (initAttributes != null) {
       this.setAttributes(initAttributes);
     }