diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/QuarkusContextStorage.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/QuarkusContextStorage.java
index 091871ba873aa..ba7ad80b76113 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/QuarkusContextStorage.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/QuarkusContextStorage.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime;
 
+import static io.quarkus.vertx.core.runtime.context.VertxContextSafetyToggle.setContextSafe;
 import static io.smallrye.common.vertx.VertxContext.getOrCreateDuplicatedContext;
 import static io.smallrye.common.vertx.VertxContext.isDuplicatedContext;
 
@@ -85,8 +86,12 @@ public Scope attach(io.vertx.core.Context vertxContext, Context toAttach) {
      */
     @Override
     public Context current() {
-        return Vertx.currentContext() != null ? getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(vertx).getLocal(OTEL_CONTEXT)
-                : DEFAULT_CONTEXT_STORAGE.current();
+        io.vertx.core.Context current = getVertxContext();
+        if (current != null) {
+            return current.getLocal(OTEL_CONTEXT);
+        } else {
+            return DEFAULT_CONTEXT_STORAGE.current();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,6 +113,12 @@ public static Context getContext(io.vertx.core.Context vertxContext) {
      * @return a duplicated Vert.x Context or null.
      */
     private static io.vertx.core.Context getVertxContext() {
-        return Vertx.currentContext() != null ? getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(vertx) : null;
+        io.vertx.core.Context context = Vertx.currentContext();
+        if (context != null) {
+            io.vertx.core.Context dc = getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(context);
+            setContextSafe(dc, true);
+            return dc;
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/runtime/VertxRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/runtime/VertxRecorder.java
index 4802063fbf9c0..e23a3b7139e0c 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/runtime/VertxRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/runtime/VertxRecorder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx.runtime;
 
+import static io.quarkus.vertx.core.runtime.context.VertxContextSafetyToggle.setContextSafe;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ public void handle(Message<Object> m) {
                                 if (invoker.isBlocking()) {
                                     // We need to create a duplicated context from the "context"
                                     Context dup = VertxContext.getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(context);
+                                    setContextSafe(dup, true);
                                     dup.executeBlocking(new Handler<Promise<Object>>() {
                                         @Override
                                         public void handle(Promise<Object> event) {