diff --git a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
index 4228ec796777..9419d083f8d3 100644
--- a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
@@ -1072,6 +1072,19 @@ protected SpanDataAssert assertClientSpan(
         .hasKind(SpanKind.CLIENT)
         .hasAttributesSatisfying(
             attrs -> {
+              // Check for peer.service when running with javaagent instrumentation
+              String distroName =
+                  span.actual()
+                      .getResource()
+                      .getAttribute(TelemetryIncubatingAttributes.TELEMETRY_DISTRO_NAME);
+              if ("opentelemetry-java-instrumentation".equals(distroName)) {
+                String expectedPeerService = options.getExpectedPeerServiceName().apply(uri);
+                if (expectedPeerService != null) {
+                  assertThat(attrs)
+                      .containsEntry(PeerIncubatingAttributes.PEER_SERVICE, expectedPeerService);
+                }
+              }
+
               // we're opting out of these attributes in the new semconv
               assertThat(attrs)
                   .doesNotContainKey(NetworkAttributes.NETWORK_TRANSPORT)
@@ -1153,21 +1166,6 @@ protected SpanDataAssert assertClientSpan(
               } else {
                 assertThat(attrs).doesNotContainKey(HttpAttributes.HTTP_REQUEST_RESEND_COUNT);
               }
-            })
-        .satisfies(
-            spanData -> {
-              // Check for peer.service when running with javaagent instrumentation
-              String distroName =
-                  spanData
-                      .getResource()
-                      .getAttribute(TelemetryIncubatingAttributes.TELEMETRY_DISTRO_NAME);
-              if ("opentelemetry-java-instrumentation".equals(distroName)) {
-                String expectedPeerService = options.getExpectedPeerServiceName().apply(uri);
-                if (expectedPeerService != null) {
-                  assertThat(spanData.getAttributes())
-                      .containsEntry(PeerIncubatingAttributes.PEER_SERVICE, expectedPeerService);
-                }
-              }
             });
   }