diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index 608aeade7f..46bad6672c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ def get(
         return decoded
 
     def keys(self, carrier: dict) -> typing.List[str]:
-        return [_key.decode("utf8") for (_key, _value) in carrier]
+        headers = carrier.get("headers") or []
+        return [_key.decode("utf8") for (_key, _value) in headers]
 
 
 asgi_getter = ASGIGetter()