diff --git a/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_confluentkafka.py b/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_confluentkafka.py
index 81d9fa59a..b7c70a129 100644
--- a/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_confluentkafka.py
+++ b/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_confluentkafka.py
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ def wrap_Producer_produce(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
         destination_type="Topic",
         destination_name=topic or "Default",
         source=wrapped,
-    ) as trace:
-        dt_headers = {k: v.encode("utf-8") for k, v in trace.generate_request_headers(transaction)}
+    ):
+        dt_headers = {k: v.encode("utf-8") for k, v in MessageTrace.generate_request_headers(transaction)}
         # headers can be a list of tuples or a dict so convert to dict for consistency.
-        dt_headers.update(dict(headers) if headers else {})
+        if headers:
+            dt_headers.update(dict(headers))
+
         try:
             return wrapped(topic, headers=dt_headers, *args, **kwargs)
         except Exception as error:
diff --git a/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_kafkapython.py b/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_kafkapython.py
index 9124a16dc..dff5e2c78 100644
--- a/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_kafkapython.py
+++ b/newrelic/hooks/messagebroker_kafkapython.py
@@ -58,11 +58,16 @@ def wrap_KafkaProducer_send(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
         destination_name=topic or "Default",
         source=wrapped,
         terminal=False,
-    ) as trace:
-        dt_headers = [(k, v.encode("utf-8")) for k, v in trace.generate_request_headers(transaction)]
-        headers.extend(dt_headers)
+    ):
+        dt_headers = [(k, v.encode("utf-8")) for k, v in MessageTrace.generate_request_headers(transaction)]
+        # headers can be a list of tuples or a dict so convert to dict for consistency.
+        if headers:
+            dt_headers.extend(headers)
+
         try:
-            return wrapped(topic, value=value, key=key, headers=headers, partition=partition, timestamp_ms=timestamp_ms)
+            return wrapped(
+                topic, value=value, key=key, headers=dt_headers, partition=partition, timestamp_ms=timestamp_ms
+            )
         except Exception:
             notice_error()
             raise
diff --git a/tests/messagebroker_confluentkafka/test_producer.py b/tests/messagebroker_confluentkafka/test_producer.py
index 2b3e74e7a..fe33794fa 100644
--- a/tests/messagebroker_confluentkafka/test_producer.py
+++ b/tests/messagebroker_confluentkafka/test_producer.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import time
 import threading
+import time
 
 import pytest
 from conftest import cache_kafka_producer_headers
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.api.function_trace import FunctionTrace
 from newrelic.common.object_names import callable_name
 from newrelic.packages import six
 
@@ -137,6 +138,25 @@ def test():
     test()
 
 
+def test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal(topic, send_producer_message):
+    @validate_transaction_metrics(
+        "test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal",
+        rollup_metrics=[
+            ("Supportability/TraceContext/Create/Success", 1),
+            ("Supportability/DistributedTrace/CreatePayload/Success", 1),
+        ],
+        background_task=True,
+    )
+    @background_task(name="test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal")
+    @cache_kafka_producer_headers()
+    @validate_messagebroker_headers
+    def test():
+        with FunctionTrace(name="terminal_trace", terminal=True):
+            send_producer_message()
+
+    test()
+
+
 def test_producer_errors(topic, producer, monkeypatch):
     if hasattr(producer, "_value_serializer"):
         # Remove serializer to intentionally cause a type error in underlying producer implementation
diff --git a/tests/messagebroker_kafkapython/test_producer.py b/tests/messagebroker_kafkapython/test_producer.py
index 53a31dce5..418ea4b40 100644
--- a/tests/messagebroker_kafkapython/test_producer.py
+++ b/tests/messagebroker_kafkapython/test_producer.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 )
 
 from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+from newrelic.api.function_trace import FunctionTrace
 from newrelic.common.object_names import callable_name
 from newrelic.packages import six
 
@@ -70,6 +71,25 @@ def test():
     test()
 
 
+def test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal(topic, send_producer_message):
+    @validate_transaction_metrics(
+        "test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal",
+        rollup_metrics=[
+            ("Supportability/TraceContext/Create/Success", 1),
+            ("Supportability/DistributedTrace/CreatePayload/Success", 1),
+        ],
+        background_task=True,
+    )
+    @background_task(name="test_distributed_tracing_headers_under_terminal")
+    @cache_kafka_producer_headers
+    @validate_messagebroker_headers
+    def test():
+        with FunctionTrace(name="terminal_trace", terminal=True):
+            send_producer_message()
+
+    test()
+
+
 def test_producer_errors(topic, producer, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setitem(producer.config, "value_serializer", None)
     monkeypatch.setitem(producer.config, "key_serializer", None)