diff --git a/tracing/opentracing/grpc.go b/tracing/opentracing/grpc.go
index db3cc8e..e678e30 100644
--- a/tracing/opentracing/grpc.go
+++ b/tracing/opentracing/grpc.go
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Log("err", err)
 		}
-		if wireContext != nil {
-			span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName, ext.RPCServerOption(wireContext))
-		} else {
-			span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName)
-		}
+		span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName, ext.RPCServerOption(wireContext))
 		return opentracing.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tracing/opentracing/http.go b/tracing/opentracing/http.go
index 0050301..49fb711 100644
--- a/tracing/opentracing/http.go
+++ b/tracing/opentracing/http.go
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Log("err", err)
 		}
-		if wireContext != nil {
-			span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName, ext.RPCServerOption(wireContext))
-		} else {
-			span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName)
-		}
+		span = tracer.StartSpan(operationName, ext.RPCServerOption(wireContext))
 		return opentracing.ContextWithSpan(ctx, span)
 	}
 }