diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/app.py b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/app.py
index b61585097a7..42eed2cb468 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/app.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/app.py
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ def _traced_apply_async_inner(func, instance, args, kwargs):
                 if task_span:
                     task_span.set_exc_info(*sys.exc_info())
 
-                prerun_span = core.get_item("prerun_span")
-                if prerun_span:
-                    prerun_span.set_exc_info(*sys.exc_info())
-
                 raise
             finally:
                 task_span = core.get_item("task_span")
@@ -147,11 +143,4 @@ def _traced_apply_async_inner(func, instance, args, kwargs):
                     )
                     task_span.finish()
 
-                prerun_span = core.get_item("prerun_span")
-                if prerun_span:
-                    log.debug(
-                        "The task_postrun signal was not called, so manually closing span: %s", prerun_span._pprint()
-                    )
-                    prerun_span.finish()
-
     return _traced_apply_async_inner
diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/signals.py b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/signals.py
index 76f07ee7524..8f27fcc53b0 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/signals.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/celery/signals.py
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ def trace_prerun(*args, **kwargs):
     service = config.celery["worker_service_name"]
     span = pin.tracer.trace(c.WORKER_ROOT_SPAN, service=service, resource=task.name, span_type=SpanTypes.WORKER)
 
-    # Store an item called "prerun span" in case task_postrun doesn't get called
-    core.set_item("prerun_span", span)
-
     # set span.kind to the type of request being performed
     span.set_tag_str(SPAN_KIND, SpanKind.CONSUMER)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-celery-closed-spans-34ff43868c1e33b8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-celery-closed-spans-34ff43868c1e33b8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f16f7b36fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-celery-closed-spans-34ff43868c1e33b8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    tracing(celery): Fixes an issue where ``celery.apply`` spans from Celery prerun got closed too soon leading to span tags being missing.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/contrib/celery/run_tasks.py b/tests/contrib/celery/run_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e91454ab5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contrib/celery/run_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from tasks import fn_a
+from tasks import fn_b
+
+
+(fn_a.si() | fn_b.si()).delay()
diff --git a/tests/contrib/celery/tasks.py b/tests/contrib/celery/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9dfc936ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contrib/celery/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from celery import Celery
+
+
+app = Celery("tasks")
+
+
+@app.task(name="tests.contrib.celery.tasks.fn_a")
+def fn_a():
+    return "a"
+
+
+@app.task(name="tests.contrib.celery.tasks.fn_b")
+def fn_b():
+    return "b"
diff --git a/tests/contrib/celery/test_chained_task.py b/tests/contrib/celery/test_chained_task.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fd0c543e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contrib/celery/test_chained_task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+
+# Ensure that when we call Celery chains, the root span has celery specific span tags
+# The test_integration.py setup doesn't perfectly mimic the condition of a worker process running.
+# This test runs the worker as a side so we can check the tracer logs afterwards to ensure expected span results.
+# See https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/issues/11479
+def test_task_chain_task_call_task():
+    app = Celery("tasks")
+
+    celery_worker_cmd = "ddtrace-run celery -A tasks worker -c 1 -l DEBUG -n uniquename1 -P solo"
+    celery_task_runner_cmd = "ddtrace-run python run_tasks.py"
+
+    # The commands need to run from the directory where this test file lives
+    current_directory = str(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+    worker_process = subprocess.Popen(
+        celery_worker_cmd.split(),
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+        close_fds=True,
+        cwd=current_directory,
+    )
+
+    max_wait_time = 10
+    waited_so_far = 0
+    # {app.control.inspect().active() returns {'celery@uniquename1': []} when the worker is running}
+    while app.control.inspect().active() is None and waited_so_far < max_wait_time:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        waited_so_far += 1
+
+    # The task should only run after the Celery worker has sufficient time to start up
+    task_runner_process = subprocess.Popen(
+        celery_task_runner_cmd.split(),
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+        close_fds=True,
+        cwd=current_directory,
+    )
+
+    task_runner_process.wait()
+    # Kill the process so it starts to send traces to the Trace Agent
+    worker_process.kill()
+    worker_logs = worker_process.stderr.read()
+
+    # Check that the root span was created with one of the Celery specific tags, such as celery.correlation_id
+    # Some versions of python seem to require escaping when using `re.search`:
+    old_pattern_match = r"resource=\\'tests.contrib.celery.tasks.fn_a\\' type=\\'worker\\' .* tags=.*correlation_id.*"
+    new_pattern_match = r"resource=\'tests.contrib.celery.tasks.fn_a\' type=\'worker\' .* tags=.*correlation_id.*"
+
+    pattern_exists = (
+        re.search(old_pattern_match, str(worker_logs)) is not None
+        or re.search(new_pattern_match, str(worker_logs)) is not None
+    )
+    assert pattern_exists is not None