diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option.go b/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option.go
index 1369f3daf0e..bda57e74028 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func WithTracerProvider(provider trace.TracerProvider) Option {
 // ones will be used.
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option_test.go b/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option_test.go
index 88f85687cb3..84ce5636d56 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama/option_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: config{
 				TracerProvider: otel.GetTracerProvider(),
 				Tracer:         otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer(defaultTracerName, trace.WithInstrumentationVersion(contrib.SemVersion())),
-				Propagators:    nil,
+				Propagators:    otel.GetTextMapPropagator(),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/astaxie/beego/otelbeego/config.go b/instrumentation/github.com/astaxie/beego/otelbeego/config.go
index 2b9b7bd9b8d..2f3e4e41cce 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/astaxie/beego/otelbeego/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/astaxie/beego/otelbeego/config.go
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ func WithMeterProvider(provider metric.MeterProvider) Option {
 // Defaults to global.Propagators().
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(c *config) {
-		c.propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			c.propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/config.go b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/config.go
index 43596832491..8546f360659 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/config.go
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ func (o optionFunc) apply(c *config) {
 // ones will be used.
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin/option.go b/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin/option.go
index bdc02247876..d625bea6e54 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin/option.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin/option.go
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ func (o optionFunc) apply(c *config) {
 // ones will be used.
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
index f9c00d7563e..9d9c691d741 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ func (o optionFunc) apply(c *config) {
 // ones will be used.
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/labstack/echo/otelecho/config.go b/instrumentation/github.com/labstack/echo/otelecho/config.go
index ca2ea087204..43d1b5df1f3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/labstack/echo/otelecho/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/labstack/echo/otelecho/config.go
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ func (o optionFunc) apply(c *config) {
 // ones will be used.
 func WithPropagators(propagators propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
-		cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		if propagators != nil {
+			cfg.Propagators = propagators
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/grpctrace.go b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/grpctrace.go
index 0cf98ced0d7..5b93c02aceb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/grpctrace.go
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/grpctrace.go
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ func newConfig(opts []Option) *config {
 type propagatorsOption struct{ p propagation.TextMapPropagator }
 
 func (o propagatorsOption) apply(c *config) {
-	c.Propagators = o.p
+	if o.p != nil {
+		c.Propagators = o.p
+	}
 }
 
 // WithPropagators returns an Option to use the Propagators when extracting
diff --git a/instrumentation/gopkg.in/macaron.v1/otelmacaron/config.go b/instrumentation/gopkg.in/macaron.v1/otelmacaron/config.go
index 44b01c56c1a..80f4e0bc044 100644
--- a/instrumentation/gopkg.in/macaron.v1/otelmacaron/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/gopkg.in/macaron.v1/otelmacaron/config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ func newConfig(opts []Option) *config {
 type propagatorsOption struct{ p propagation.TextMapPropagator }
 
 func (o propagatorsOption) apply(c *config) {
-	c.Propagators = o.p
+	if o.p != nil {
+		c.Propagators = o.p
+	}
 }
 
 // WithPropagators returns an Option to use the Propagators when extracting
diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/httptrace.go b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/httptrace.go
index 14dfe3c57a6..283a1a396f3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/httptrace.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/httptrace.go
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ func newConfig(opts []Option) *config {
 // WithPropagators sets the propagators to use for Extraction and Injection
 func WithPropagators(props propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(c *config) {
-		c.propagators = props
+		if props != nil {
+			c.propagators = props
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/config.go b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/config.go
index b89b8e1f864..8190f3ca244 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/config.go
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ func WithPublicEndpoint() Option {
 // option isn't specified, then the global TextMapPropagator is used.
 func WithPropagators(ps propagation.TextMapPropagator) Option {
 	return optionFunc(func(c *config) {
-		c.Propagators = ps
+		if ps != nil {
+			c.Propagators = ps
+		}
 	})
 }