diff --git a/instrumentation/rspec/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rspec/formatter.rb b/instrumentation/rspec/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rspec/formatter.rb
index db13a1ccf4..07e03519b1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rspec/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rspec/formatter.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/rspec/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rspec/formatter.rb
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ def current_timestamp
 
         def start(notification)
           span = tracer.start_span('RSpec suite', start_timestamp: current_timestamp)
-          token = OpenTelemetry::Context.attach(
-            OpenTelemetry::Trace.context_with_span(span)
-          )
-          @spans_and_tokens.unshift([span, token])
+          track_span(span)
         end
 
         def stop(notification)
@@ -47,13 +44,9 @@ def stop(notification)
         end
 
         def example_group_started(notification)
-          group = notification.group
-          description = group.description
+          description = notification.group.description
           span = tracer.start_span(description, start_timestamp: current_timestamp)
-          token = OpenTelemetry::Context.attach(
-            OpenTelemetry::Trace.context_with_span(span)
-          )
-          @spans_and_tokens.unshift([span, token])
+          track_span(span)
         end
 
         def example_group_finished(notification)
@@ -68,10 +61,7 @@ def example_started(notification)
             'described_class' => example.metadata[:described_class].to_s
           }
           span = tracer.start_span(example.description, attributes: attributes, start_timestamp: current_timestamp)
-          token = OpenTelemetry::Context.attach(
-            OpenTelemetry::Trace.context_with_span(span)
-          )
-          @spans_and_tokens.unshift([span, token])
+          track_span(span)
         end
 
         def example_finished(notification)
@@ -88,6 +78,13 @@ def example_finished(notification)
           end
         end
 
+        def track_span(span)
+          token = OpenTelemetry::Context.attach(
+            OpenTelemetry::Trace.context_with_span(span)
+          )
+          @spans_and_tokens.unshift([span, token])
+        end
+
         def pop_and_finalize_span
           span, token = *@spans_and_tokens.shift
           return unless span.recording?