diff --git a/example/opencensus/main.go b/example/opencensus/main.go
index 60493db6deb3..4d1d1d04beb1 100644
--- a/example/opencensus/main.go
+++ b/example/opencensus/main.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func tracing(otExporter sdktrace.SpanExporter) {
 	tp.ForceFlush(ctx)
 
 	log.Println("Creating OpenTelemetry span\n-- It should have the OpenCensus span as a parent, since the OpenCensus span was written with using OpenTelemetry APIs.")
-	ctx, otspan := tracer.Start(ctx, "OpenTelemetrySpan")
+	ctx, otspan := tp.Tracer("simple").Start(ctx, "OpenTelemetrySpan")
 	otspan.End()
 	tp.ForceFlush(ctx)