diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3bd66b56334382df4968eec944b199df8bc98aa0..d2094a6dfd0737e354768c721571f44a50f54981 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * The operation name of quartz-scheduler plugin, has been changed as the `quartz-scheduler/${className}` format.
 * Fix jdk-http and okhttp-3.x plugin did not overwrite the old trace header.
 * Support collecting logs of log4j, log4j2, and logback in the tracing context with a new `logger-plugin`.
+* Fix the unexpected RunningContext recreation in the Tomcat plugin.
 
 #### OAP-Backend
 * Make meter receiver support MAL.
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/tomcat-7.x-8.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/tomcat78x/TomcatInvokeInterceptor.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/tomcat-7.x-8.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/tomcat78x/TomcatInvokeInterceptor.java
index 851dd4124a694f763c86eedafc9b8b4155a7441d..94772da1e87e7f1feccc39cf9e39cee274e56a89 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/tomcat-7.x-8.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/tomcat78x/TomcatInvokeInterceptor.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/tomcat-7.x-8.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/tomcat78x/TomcatInvokeInterceptor.java
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ public class TomcatInvokeInterceptor implements InstanceMethodsAroundInterceptor
         if (!TomcatPluginConfig.Plugin.Tomcat.COLLECT_HTTP_PARAMS && span.isProfiling()) {
             collectHttpParam(request, span);
         }
-        ContextManager.stopSpan();
         ContextManager.getRuntimeContext().remove(Constants.FORWARD_REQUEST_FLAG);
+        ContextManager.stopSpan();
         return ret;
     }