diff --git a/instrumentation/net_http/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/patches/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/net_http/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/patches/instrumentation.rb
index 32a67122cf..ba64b247d8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net_http/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/patches/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/net_http/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/patches/instrumentation.rb
@@ -86,12 +86,20 @@ def tracer
             end
 
             def untraced?
+              untraced_context? || untraced_host?
+            end
+
+            def untraced_host?
               return true if Net::HTTP::Instrumentation.instance.config[:untraced_hosts]&.any? do |host|
                 host.is_a?(Regexp) ? host.match?(@address) : host == @address
               end
 
               false
             end
+
+            def untraced_context?
+              OpenTelemetry::Common::Utilities.untraced?
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/instrumentation/net_http/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/instrumentation_test.rb b/instrumentation/net_http/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/instrumentation_test.rb
index 2ab764299a..fb35a349f1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net_http/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/instrumentation_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/net_http/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/net/http/instrumentation_test.rb
@@ -178,6 +178,45 @@
         _(span.attributes['net.peer.port']).must_equal(80)
       end
     end
+
+    describe 'untraced context' do
+      let(:tracer_stub) { Object.new }
+      let(:expect_in_span_not_to_be_called) do
+        # Calling `tracer.in_span` within an untraced context causes the logging of "called
+        # finish on an ended Span" messages. To avoid log noise, the instrumentation must
+        # no-op (i.e., not call `tracer.in_span`) when the context is untraced.
+        def tracer_stub.in_span(...)
+          raise 'tracer.in_span should not have been called'
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'no-ops on #request' do
+        expect_in_span_not_to_be_called
+
+        instrumentation.stub :tracer, tracer_stub do
+          OpenTelemetry::Common::Utilities.untraced do
+            Net::HTTP.get('example.com', '/body')
+          end
+        end
+
+        _(exporter.finished_spans.size).must_equal 0
+      end
+
+      it 'no-ops on #connect' do
+        expect_in_span_not_to_be_called
+
+        instrumentation.stub :tracer, tracer_stub do
+          OpenTelemetry::Common::Utilities.untraced do
+            uri = URI.parse('http://example.com/body')
+            http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+            http.send(:connect)
+            http.send(:do_finish)
+          end
+        end
+
+        _(exporter.finished_spans.size).must_equal 0
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#connect' do