diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
index ff7e3bbe01..2f3bc6b107 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
         span_name = f"{span_attributes[GenAIAttributes.GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME]} {span_attributes[GenAIAttributes.GEN_AI_REQUEST_MODEL]}"
 
         span = tracer.start_span(name=span_name, kind=SpanKind.CLIENT)
-        _set_input_attributes(span, span_attributes)
-        set_event_prompt(span, json.dumps(llm_prompts))
+        if span.is_recording():
+            _set_input_attributes(span, span_attributes)
+            set_event_prompt(span, json.dumps(llm_prompts))
 
         try:
             result = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
index fcfe4d9665..bc7ff37e1e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     gen_ai_attributes as GenAIAttributes,
 )
-from opentelemetry.trace import Span
 
 
 def silently_fail(func):
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ def extract_tools_prompt(item):
     return calls
 
 
-def set_event_prompt(span: Span, prompt):
+def set_event_prompt(span, prompt):
     span.add_event(
         name="gen_ai.content.prompt",
         attributes={
@@ -110,12 +109,12 @@ def set_event_prompt(span: Span, prompt):
     )
 
 
-def set_span_attributes(span: Span, attributes: dict):
+def set_span_attributes(span, attributes: dict):
     for field, value in attributes.model_dump(by_alias=True).items():
         set_span_attribute(span, field, value)
 
 
-def set_event_completion(span: Span, result_content):
+def set_event_completion(span, result_content):
     span.add_event(
         name="gen_ai.content.completion",
         attributes={
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ def set_event_completion(span: Span, result_content):
     )
 
 
-def set_span_attribute(span: Span, name, value):
+def set_span_attribute(span, name, value):
     if non_numerical_value_is_set(value) is False:
         return