@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ void setCurrentSpan(Span span) {
 currentSpan = span;
 }
 
+Span getCurrentSpan() {
+return currentSpan;
+}
+
 @Override
 public long executePartitionedUpdate(Statement stmt) {
 setActive(null);

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 import io.opencensus.metrics.Metrics;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Annotation;
 import io.opencensus.trace.AttributeValue;
+import io.opencensus.trace.BlankSpan;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Span;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Status;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Tracer;
@@ -1463,11 +1464,15 @@ public void prepareReadWriteTransaction() {
 
 private void keepAlive() {
 markUsed();
+final Span previousSpan = delegate.getCurrentSpan();
+delegate.setCurrentSpan(BlankSpan.INSTANCE);
 try (ResultSet resultSet =
 delegate
 .singleUse(TimestampBound.ofMaxStaleness(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
 .executeQuery(Statement.newBuilder("SELECT 1").build())) {
 resultSet.next();
+} finally {
+delegate.setCurrentSpan(previousSpan);
 }
 }