diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
index 705351e83f5..a06b4b69579 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ static SpanProcessor create(List<SpanProcessor> spanProcessorList) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void onStart(Context parentContext, ReadWriteSpan readableSpan) {
+  public void onStart(Context parentContext, ReadWriteSpan readWriteSpan) {
     for (SpanProcessor spanProcessor : spanProcessorsStart) {
-      spanProcessor.onStart(parentContext, readableSpan);
+      spanProcessor.onStart(parentContext, readWriteSpan);
     }
   }