diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ContextManager.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ContextManager.java
index 9c1c6158d38ba3bebd2dfebead92e2b4c31ca925..9c3f48dd562fa3df8ae79877528a0631f8074a9e 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ContextManager.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/context/ContextManager.java
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ public class ContextManager implements BootService {
         return get().awaitFinishAsync();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If not sure has the active span, use this method, will be cause NPE when has no active span,
+     * use ContextManager::isActive method to determine whether there has the active span.
+     */
     public static AbstractSpan activeSpan() {
         return get().activeSpan();
     }
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/customize-enhance-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/customize/interceptor/BaseInterceptorMethods.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/customize-enhance-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/customize/interceptor/BaseInterceptorMethods.java
index 691d44ec5c77360c9088edce9126148870725184..9cf8e4524e13e18a3b573e60e2aebc7f33e99e26 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/customize-enhance-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/customize/interceptor/BaseInterceptorMethods.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/customize-enhance-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/customize/interceptor/BaseInterceptorMethods.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class BaseInterceptorMethods {
     }
 
     void handleMethodException(Throwable t) {
-        if (ContextManager.activeSpan() != null) {
+        if (ContextManager.isActive()) {
             ContextManager.activeSpan().errorOccurred().log(t);
         }
     }
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/optional-spring-cloud/gateway-2.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/cloud/gateway/v2/FilteringWebHandlerInterceptor.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/optional-spring-cloud/gateway-2.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/cloud/gateway/v2/FilteringWebHandlerInterceptor.java
index 77fddde81f974d654dc9fc9d3d14f308871c555d..8def8432a495a674247f9cafeb5348feecad10c5 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/optional-spring-cloud/gateway-2.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/cloud/gateway/v2/FilteringWebHandlerInterceptor.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/optional-spring-cloud/gateway-2.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/cloud/gateway/v2/FilteringWebHandlerInterceptor.java
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ public class FilteringWebHandlerInterceptor implements InstanceMethodsAroundInte
         ServerWebExchange exchange = (ServerWebExchange) allArguments[0];
         Route route = exchange.getRequiredAttribute(GATEWAY_ROUTE_ATTR);
 
-        AbstractSpan span = ContextManager.activeSpan();
-        if (span != null) {
-            span.tag("route", route.getId());
+        if (ContextManager.isActive()) {
+            ContextManager.activeSpan().tag("route", route.getId());
         }
     }