diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/huggingface_hub.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/huggingface_hub.py
index 733715621d..83a338527f 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/huggingface_hub.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/huggingface_hub.py
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-import sys
 import inspect
+import sys
 from functools import wraps
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.ai.monitoring import record_token_usage
 from sentry_sdk.ai.utils import set_data_normalized
-from sentry_sdk.consts import OP, SPANDATA
+from sentry_sdk.consts import OP, SPANDATA, SPANSTATUS
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable, Integration
 from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
-from sentry_sdk.tracing_utils import set_span_errored
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
     capture_internal_exceptions,
     event_from_exception,
     reraise,
 )
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable
 
@@ -52,9 +50,9 @@ def setup_once() -> None:
         )
 
 
-def _capture_exception(exc: "Any") -> None:
-    set_span_errored()
-
+def _capture_exception(exc: "Any", span: "Any" = None) -> None:
+    if span is not None:
+        span.set_status(SPANSTATUS.INTERNAL_ERROR)
     event, hint = event_from_exception(
         exc,
         client_options=sentry_sdk.get_client().options,
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ def new_huggingface_task(*args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any":
         except Exception as e:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             with capture_internal_exceptions():
-                _capture_exception(e)
+                _capture_exception(e, span)
                 span.__exit__(None, None, None)
             reraise(*exc_info)
 
diff --git a/tests/integrations/huggingface_hub/test_huggingface_hub.py b/tests/integrations/huggingface_hub/test_huggingface_hub.py
index e4cf6e9dcc..9dd15ca4b5 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/huggingface_hub/test_huggingface_hub.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/huggingface_hub/test_huggingface_hub.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
+import re
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from unittest import mock
+
 import pytest
-import re
 import responses
-
 from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
 
 import sentry_sdk
-from sentry_sdk.utils import package_version
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.huggingface_hub import HuggingfaceHubIntegration
-
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from sentry_sdk.utils import package_version
 
 try:
     from huggingface_hub.utils._errors import HfHubHTTPError
@@ -834,8 +833,6 @@ def test_span_status_error(
     assert span["status"] == "internal_error"
     assert span["tags"]["status"] == "internal_error"
 
-    assert transaction["contexts"]["trace"]["status"] == "internal_error"
-
 
 @pytest.mark.httpx_mock(assert_all_requests_were_expected=False)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("send_default_pii", [True, False])