diff --git a/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http.go b/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http.go
index f1f135dafe62..7aa31f83b777 100644
--- a/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http.go
+++ b/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func makeHTTP(span ptrace.Span) (map[string]pcommon.Value, *awsxray.HTTPData) {
 			hasHTTPRequestURLAttributes = true
 		case conventions.AttributeNetPeerName:
 			urlParts[key] = value.Str()
+			hasHTTPRequestURLAttributes = true
 		case conventions.AttributeNetPeerPort:
 			urlParts[key] = value.Str()
 			if len(urlParts[key]) == 0 {
diff --git a/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http_test.go b/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http_test.go
index 0c5ff1b9983f..a5fd43109ac8 100644
--- a/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/http_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func TestClientSpanWithPeerAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotNil(t, httpData)
 	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, httpData.Request.URL)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "10.8.17.36", *httpData.Request.ClientIP)