diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index ebe5f078b4..8c23e5a7e4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -261,6 +261,17 @@ def test_not_recording(self):
             self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_attribute.called)
             self.assertFalse(mock_span.set_status.called)
 
+    def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        TornadoInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+        TornadoInstrumentor().instrument(tracer_provider=trace.NoOpTracerProvider())
+
+        response = self.fetch("/parametrized/hello/")
+        self.assertEqual(response.code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.body, b"hello")
+
+        spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+
     def test_async_handler(self):
         self._test_async_handler("/async", "AsyncHandler")