diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/openai.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/openai.py
index 8f0b95e045..901fa403c8 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/openai.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/openai.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from sentry_sdk.consts import SPANDATA
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable, Integration
 from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
-from sentry_sdk.tracing_utils import set_span_errored
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
     capture_internal_exceptions,
     event_from_exception,
@@ -133,11 +132,6 @@ def count_tokens(self: "OpenAIIntegration", s: str) -> int:
 
 
 def _capture_exception(exc: "Any") -> None:
-    # Close an eventually open span
-    # We need to do this by hand because we are not using the start_span context manager
-    current_span = sentry_sdk.get_current_span()
-    set_span_errored(current_span)
-
     event, hint = event_from_exception(
         exc,
         client_options=sentry_sdk.get_client().options,
@@ -707,7 +701,7 @@ def _new_sync_chat_completion(f: "Any", *args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any":
         exc_info = sys.exc_info()
         with capture_internal_exceptions():
             _capture_exception(exc)
-            span.__exit__(None, None, None)
+            span.__exit__(*exc_info)
         reraise(*exc_info)
 
     # Attribute check to fail gracefully if the attribute is not present in future `openai` versions.
@@ -775,7 +769,7 @@ async def _new_async_chat_completion(f: "Any", *args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") ->
         exc_info = sys.exc_info()
         with capture_internal_exceptions():
             _capture_exception(exc)
-            span.__exit__(None, None, None)
+            span.__exit__(*exc_info)
         reraise(*exc_info)
 
     # Attribute check to fail gracefully if the attribute is not present in future `openai` versions.
@@ -1257,7 +1251,7 @@ def _new_sync_responses_create(f: "Any", *args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any"
         exc_info = sys.exc_info()
         with capture_internal_exceptions():
             _capture_exception(exc)
-            span.__exit__(None, None, None)
+            span.__exit__(*exc_info)
         reraise(*exc_info)
 
     # Attribute check to fail gracefully if the attribute is not present in future `openai` versions.
@@ -1315,7 +1309,7 @@ async def _new_async_responses_create(f: "Any", *args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -
         exc_info = sys.exc_info()
         with capture_internal_exceptions():
             _capture_exception(exc)
-            span.__exit__(None, None, None)
+            span.__exit__(*exc_info)
         reraise(*exc_info)
 
     # Attribute check to fail gracefully if the attribute is not present in future `openai` versions.
diff --git a/tests/integrations/openai/test_openai.py b/tests/integrations/openai/test_openai.py
index 677beb5681..f758d0138f 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/openai/test_openai.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/openai/test_openai.py
@@ -1508,7 +1508,6 @@ def test_span_status_error(sentry_init, capture_events):
     assert error["level"] == "error"
     assert transaction["spans"][0]["status"] == "internal_error"
     assert transaction["spans"][0]["tags"]["status"] == "internal_error"
-    assert transaction["contexts"]["trace"]["status"] == "internal_error"
 
 
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