diff --git a/edx_arch_experiments/datadog_monitoring/code_owner/datadog.py b/edx_arch_experiments/datadog_monitoring/code_owner/datadog.py
index 9802010..3b38fcb 100644
--- a/edx_arch_experiments/datadog_monitoring/code_owner/datadog.py
+++ b/edx_arch_experiments/datadog_monitoring/code_owner/datadog.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def on_span_start(self, span):
         """
         Adds code owner span tag for celery run spans at span creation.
         """
-        if hasattr(span, 'name') and span.name == 'celery.run':
+        if getattr(span, 'name') == 'celery.run':
             # We can use this for celery spans, because the resource name is more predictable
             # and available from the start. For django requests, we'll instead continue to use
             # django middleware for setting code owner.