diff --git a/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler.ex b/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler.ex
index f37de5c3..c5ad6cef 100644
--- a/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler.ex
+++ b/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler.ex
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if Code.ensure_loaded?(:otel_sampler) do
           config
         ) do
       result =
-        if span_name in config[:drop] do
+        if config[:drop] && span_name in config[:drop] do
           {:drop, [], []}
         else
           traces_sampler = Sentry.Config.traces_sampler()
diff --git a/test/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler_test.exs b/test/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler_test.exs
index 3b37c5b0..7678189d 100644
--- a/test/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/opentelemetry/sampler_test.exs
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ defmodule Sentry.Opentelemetry.SamplerTest do
       assert {"sentry-sample_rate", "1.0"} in tracestate
       assert {"sentry-sampled", "true"} in tracestate
     end
+
+    test "records and samples spans when drop list is nil" do
+      put_test_config(traces_sample_rate: 1.0)
+      test_ctx = create_test_span_context()
+
+      assert {:record_and_sample, [], tracestate} =
+               Sampler.should_sample(
+                 test_ctx,
+                 123,
+                 nil,
+                 "Elixir.Oban.Worker process",
+                 nil,
+                 nil,
+                 []
+               )
+
+      assert is_list(tracestate)
+      assert {"sentry-sample_rate", "1.0"} in tracestate
+      assert {"sentry-sampled", "true"} in tracestate
+    end
   end
 
   describe "sampling based on traces_sample_rate" do