diff --git a/ddtrace/appsec/_ddwaf/ddwaf_types.py b/ddtrace/appsec/_ddwaf/ddwaf_types.py
index 94b4dd8eff2..a7913ec3d37 100644
--- a/ddtrace/appsec/_ddwaf/ddwaf_types.py
+++ b/ddtrace/appsec/_ddwaf/ddwaf_types.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from ddtrace.appsec._ddwaf.waf_stubs import ddwaf_context_capsule
 from ddtrace.appsec._ddwaf.waf_stubs import ddwaf_handle_capsule
 from ddtrace.appsec._utils import _observator
+from ddtrace.appsec._utils import unpatching_popen
 from ddtrace.internal.logger import get_logger
 from ddtrace.settings.asm import config as asm_config
 
@@ -26,18 +27,17 @@
 
 if system() == "Linux":
     try:
-        asm_config._bypass_instrumentation_for_waf = True
-        ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library("rt"), mode=ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+        with unpatching_popen():
+            ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library("rt"), mode=ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
     except Exception:  # nosec
         pass
-    finally:
-        asm_config._bypass_instrumentation_for_waf = False
 
 ARCHI = machine().lower()
 
 # 32-bit-Python on 64-bit-Windows
 
-ddwaf = ctypes.CDLL(asm_config._asm_libddwaf)
+with unpatching_popen():
+    ddwaf = ctypes.CDLL(asm_config._asm_libddwaf)
 #
 # Constants
 #
diff --git a/ddtrace/appsec/_processor.py b/ddtrace/appsec/_processor.py
index ce3fe68b23b..0dceeb49a26 100644
--- a/ddtrace/appsec/_processor.py
+++ b/ddtrace/appsec/_processor.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def delayed_init(self) -> None:
                 self.metrics._set_waf_init_metric(self._ddwaf.info, self._ddwaf.initialized)
         except Exception:
             # Partial of DDAS-0005-00
-            log.warning("[DDAS-0005-00] WAF initialization failed")
+            log.warning("[DDAS-0005-00] WAF initialization failed", exc_info=True)
 
         self._update_required()
 
diff --git a/ddtrace/appsec/_utils.py b/ddtrace/appsec/_utils.py
index 8c7bfd81894..583e10ebea1 100644
--- a/ddtrace/appsec/_utils.py
+++ b/ddtrace/appsec/_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # this module must not load any other unsafe appsec module directly
 
 import collections
+import contextlib
 import json
 import logging
 import typing
@@ -330,3 +331,23 @@ def get_triggers(span) -> Any:
 def add_context_log(logger: logging.Logger, msg: str, offset: int = 0) -> str:
     filename, line_number, function_name, _stack_info = logger.findCaller(False, 3 + offset)
     return f"{msg}[{filename}, line {line_number}, in {function_name}]"
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def unpatching_popen():
+    """
+    Context manager to temporarily unpatch `subprocess.Popen` for testing purposes.
+    This is useful to ensure that the original `Popen` behavior is restored after the context.
+    """
+    import subprocess  # nosec B404
+
+    from ddtrace.internal._unpatched import unpatched_Popen
+
+    original_popen = subprocess.Popen
+    subprocess.Popen = unpatched_Popen
+    asm_config._bypass_instrumentation_for_waf = True
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        subprocess.Popen = original_popen
+        asm_config._bypass_instrumentation_for_waf = False
diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/_unpatched.py b/ddtrace/internal/_unpatched.py
index e209f30ff2a..cdd15176463 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/_unpatched.py
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/_unpatched.py
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@
 # to get a reference to the right threading module.
 import threading as _threading  # noqa
 import gc as _gc  # noqa
+
+import sys
+
+previous_loaded_modules = frozenset(sys.modules.keys())
+from subprocess import Popen as unpatched_Popen  # noqa # nosec B404
+
+loaded_modules = frozenset(sys.modules.keys())
+for module in previous_loaded_modules - loaded_modules:
+    del sys.modules[module]