diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-14/tests/generation-functions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-14/tests/generation-functions.test.ts
index 303582ec1b24..bf3eca58a307 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-14/tests/generation-functions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nextjs-14/tests/generation-functions.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test('Should emit a span for a generateMetadata() function invokation', async ({
   expect(transaction.spans).toContainEqual(
     expect.objectContaining({
       description: 'generateMetadata /generation-functions/page',
-      origin: 'manual',
+      origin: 'auto',
       parent_span_id: expect.any(String),
       span_id: expect.any(String),
       status: 'ok',
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test('Should send a transaction event for a generateViewport() function invokati
   expect((await transactionPromise).spans).toContainEqual(
     expect.objectContaining({
       description: 'generateViewport /generation-functions/page',
-      origin: 'manual',
+      origin: 'auto',
       parent_span_id: expect.any(String),
       span_id: expect.any(String),
       status: 'ok',
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
index 96c97371df24..e787f978cf22 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
   applySdkMetadata,
   getClient,
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ export function init(options: NodeOptions): NodeClient | undefined {
     // with patterns (e.g. http.server spans) that will produce confusing data.
     if (spanAttributes?.['next.span_type'] !== undefined) {
       span.setAttribute('sentry.skip_span_data_inference', true);
+      span.setAttribute(SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN, 'auto');
     }
 
     // We want to rename these spans because they look like "GET /path/to/route" and we already emit spans that look
@@ -286,6 +288,28 @@ export function init(options: NodeOptions): NodeClient | undefined {
     ),
   );
 
+  getGlobalScope().addEventProcessor(
+    Object.assign(
+      (event => {
+        // Sometimes, the HTTP integration will not work, causing us not to properly set an op for spans generated by
+        // Next.js that are actually more or less correct server HTTP spans, so we are backfilling the op here.
+        if (
+          event.type === 'transaction' &&
+          event.transaction?.match(/^(RSC )?GET /) &&
+          event.contexts?.trace?.data?.['sentry.rsc'] === true &&
+          !event.contexts.trace.op
+        ) {
+          event.contexts.trace.data = event.contexts.trace.data || {};
+          event.contexts.trace.data[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP] = 'http.server';
+          event.contexts.trace.op = 'http.server';
+        }
+
+        return event;
+      }) satisfies EventProcessor,
+      { id: 'NextjsTransactionEnhancer' },
+    ),
+  );
+
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     getGlobalScope().addEventProcessor(devErrorSymbolicationEventProcessor);
   }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
index d00319ec2c98..18c935863b75 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ function removeSentryAttributes(data: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, u
   /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-dynamic-delete */
   delete cleanedData[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE];
   delete cleanedData[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_PARENT_IS_REMOTE];
+  delete cleanedData['sentry.skip_span_data_inference'];
   /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-dynamic-delete */
 
   return cleanedData;