diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
index 6d82da6cd0..fc1b535270 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def trace_item(self, coro_or_future):
 
     async def trace_coroutine(self, coro):
         if not hasattr(coro, "__name__"):
-            return
+            return coro
         start = default_timer()
         attr = {
             "type": "coroutine",