diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
index 954ff0c1d6..0001f67c99 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use tokio::fs::{self, File, OpenOptions};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing::{info_span, warn};
+use tracing::warn;
 use utils::crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension;
 use utils::id::{TenantId, TimelineId};
 use utils::{backoff, pausable_failpoint};
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ async fn download_object(
                     || IoBufferMut::with_capacity(super::BUFFER_SIZE),
                     gate.enter().map_err(|_| DownloadError::Cancelled)?,
                     ctx,
-                    info_span!(parent: None, "download_object_buffered_writer", %dst_path),
+                    tracing::info_span!(parent: None, "download_object_buffered_writer", %dst_path),
                 );
 
                 // TODO: use vectored write (writev) once supported by tokio-epoll-uring.