diff --git a/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Predis/PredisIntegration.php b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Predis/PredisIntegration.php
index acf0aa94f8..d692ff23e6 100644
--- a/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Predis/PredisIntegration.php
+++ b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Predis/PredisIntegration.php
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public static function storeConnectionMetaAndService($predis, $args)
     {
         $tags = [];
         $connection = $predis->getConnection();
-        $service = PredisIntegration::DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME;
 
         if ($connection instanceof NodeConnectionInterface) {
             $connectionParameters = $connection->getParameters();
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ public static function storeConnectionMetaAndService($predis, $args)
                         ? $connectionParameters->path
                         : $connectionParameters->host)
                 );
+                ObjectKVStore::put($predis->getConnection(), 'service', $service);
             }
         }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ public static function storeConnectionMetaAndService($predis, $args)
             }
         }
 
-        ObjectKVStore::put($predis->getConnection(), 'service', $service);
         ObjectKVStore::put($predis->getConnection(), 'connection_meta', $tags);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +174,12 @@ public static function storeConnectionMetaAndService($predis, $args)
      */
     public static function setMetaAndServiceFromConnection($predis, SpanData $span)
     {
-        $span->service = ObjectKVStore::get($predis->getConnection(), 'service', PredisIntegration::DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME);
+        $service = ObjectKVStore::get($predis->getConnection(), 'service');
+        if ($service) {
+            $span->meta[Tag::SERVICE_NAME] = $service;
+        } else {
+            Integration::handleInternalSpanServiceName($span, PredisIntegration::DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME);
+        }
         $span->meta[Tag::SPAN_KIND] = 'client';
         $span->meta[Tag::COMPONENT] = PredisIntegration::NAME;
         $span->meta[Tag::DB_SYSTEM] = PredisIntegration::SYSTEM;
diff --git a/tests/Integrations/Predis/Latest/PredisTest.php b/tests/Integrations/Predis/Latest/PredisTest.php
index d6349dd6b3..3c96a35af9 100644
--- a/tests/Integrations/Predis/Latest/PredisTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integrations/Predis/Latest/PredisTest.php
@@ -21,13 +21,21 @@ public static function ddSetUpBeforeClass()
 
     protected function ddSetUp()
     {
-        $this->putEnvAndReloadConfig(['DD_TRACE_REDIS_CLIENT_SPLIT_BY_HOST']);
+        $this->putEnvAndReloadConfig([
+            'DD_TRACE_REDIS_CLIENT_SPLIT_BY_HOST',
+            'DD_TRACE_REMOVE_INTEGRATION_SERVICE_NAMES_ENABLED',
+            'DD_SERVICE',
+        ]);
         parent::ddSetUp();
     }
 
     protected function ddTearDown()
     {
-        $this->putEnvAndReloadConfig(['DD_TRACE_REDIS_CLIENT_SPLIT_BY_HOST']);
+        $this->putEnvAndReloadConfig([
+            'DD_TRACE_REDIS_CLIENT_SPLIT_BY_HOST',
+            'DD_TRACE_REMOVE_INTEGRATION_SERVICE_NAMES_ENABLED',
+            'DD_SERVICE',
+        ]);
         parent::ddTearDown();
     }
 
@@ -357,6 +365,25 @@ public function testOrphansRemoval64bit()
         $this->assertEquals(0, $span['metrics']['_sampling_priority_v1']);
     }
 
+    public function testNoFakeServices()
+    {
+        $this->putEnvAndReloadConfig([
+            'DD_SERVICE=configured_service',
+            'DD_TRACE_REMOVE_INTEGRATION_SERVICE_NAMES_ENABLED=true',
+        ]);
+
+        $traces = $this->isolateTracer(function () {
+            $client = new \Predis\Client(["host" => $this->host]);
+            $client->connect();
+        });
+
+        $this->assertFlameGraph($traces, [
+            SpanAssertion::exists('Predis.Client.__construct'),
+            SpanAssertion::build('Predis.Client.connect', 'configured_service', 'redis', 'Predis.Client.connect')
+                ->withExactTags($this->baseTags()),
+        ]);
+    }
+
     private function baseTags()
     {
         return [