diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
index 4220d31c0d2..6a30b9cbc63 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	SpanProcessors spanProcessors(ObjectProvider<SpanProcessor> spanProcessors) {
-		return () -> spanProcessors.orderedStream().collect(Collectors.toList());
+		return SpanProcessors.of(spanProcessors.orderedStream().collect(Collectors.toList()));
 	}
 
 	@Bean