diff --git a/pkg/internal/request/span.go b/pkg/internal/request/span.go
index 25a6d452e..5e6527497 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/request/span.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/request/span.go
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (s *Span) isMetricsExportURL() bool {
 	case EventTypeGRPCClient:
 		return strings.HasPrefix(s.Path, grpcMetricsDetectPattern)
 	case EventTypeHTTPClient:
-		return strings.HasPrefix(s.Path, metricsDetectPattern)
+		return strings.HasSuffix(s.Path, metricsDetectPattern)
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func (s *Span) isTracesExportURL() bool {
 	case EventTypeGRPCClient:
 		return strings.HasPrefix(s.Path, grpcTracesDetectPattern)
 	case EventTypeHTTPClient:
-		return strings.HasPrefix(s.Path, tracesDetectPattern)
+		return strings.HasSuffix(s.Path, tracesDetectPattern)
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/internal/request/span_test.go b/pkg/internal/request/span_test.go
index edc131d80..646c96d10 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/request/span_test.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/request/span_test.go
@@ -264,10 +264,15 @@ func TestDetectsOTelExport(t *testing.T) {
 			exports: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "Successfull HTTP /v1/metrics spans export",
+			name:    "Successful HTTP /v1/metrics spans export",
 			span:    Span{Type: EventTypeHTTPClient, Method: "GET", Path: "/v1/metrics", RequestStart: 100, End: 200, Status: 200},
 			exports: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "Successful HTTP /prefix/v1/metrics spans export",
+			span:    Span{Type: EventTypeHTTPClient, Method: "GET", Path: "/prefix/v1/metrics", RequestStart: 100, End: 200, Status: 200},
+			exports: true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "GRPC server spans don't export",
 			span:    Span{Type: EventTypeGRPC, Method: "GET", Path: "/opentelemetry.proto.collector.metrics.v1.MetricsService/Export", RequestStart: 100, End: 200, Status: 0},