diff --git a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
index cb131997dca9..abc063529480 100644
--- a/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/deno-integration-tests/suites/orchestrion-firebase/test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { assert } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert.ts';
 import { assertExists } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert_exists.ts';
 import { assertEquals } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.212.0/assert/assert_equals.ts';
 import { getSpanOp, resetGlobals, spanSink, withTimeout } from '../../src/index.ts';
+import { DB_QUERY } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
 
 Deno.test('firebase instrumentation: included in default integrations (Deno 2.8.0+)', () => {
   resetGlobals();
@@ -72,3 +73,49 @@ Deno.test('firebase instrumentation: orchestrion @firebase/firestore:add-doc cha
   assertEquals(fsSpan.attributes['firebase.firestore.options.projectId']?.value, 'demo-project');
   assertEquals(fsSpan.attributes['sentry.origin']?.value, 'auto.db.firebase.firestore');
 });
+
+Deno.test('firebase instrumentation: only creates firestore db spans with an active parent span', async () => {
+  resetGlobals();
+  const sink = spanSink();
+  init({
+    dsn: 'https://username@domain/123',
+    tracesSampleRate: 1,
+    transport: sink.transport,
+  });
+
+  const channel = tracingChannel('orchestrion:@firebase/firestore:add-doc');
+
+  function addDoc(path: string): void {
+    const reference = {
+      path,
+      type: 'collection',
+      firestore: {
+        app: { name: '[DEFAULT]', options: { projectId: 'demo-project', appId: 'demo-app' } },
+        toJSON: () => ({ settings: {} }),
+      },
+    };
+    const ctx: Record<string, unknown> = { arguments: [reference] };
+    channel.start.runStores(ctx, () => undefined);
+    channel.end.publish(ctx);
+    ctx.result = {};
+    channel.asyncStart.runStores(ctx, () => undefined);
+    channel.asyncEnd.publish(ctx);
+  }
+
+  addDoc('before_parent');
+  startSpan({ name: 'parent', op: 'test' }, () => addDoc('inside_parent'));
+  addDoc('after_parent');
+
+  await flush();
+
+  const parent = await withTimeout(
+    sink.waitFor(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'parent'),
+    5000,
+    "'parent' segment span",
+  );
+  const dbSpans = sink.spans.filter(span => getSpanOp(span) === DB_QUERY);
+  assertEquals(
+    dbSpans.map(span => ({ name: span.name, parentSpanId: span.parent_span_id, isSegment: span.is_segment })),
+    [{ name: 'addDoc inside_parent', parentSpanId: parent.span_id, isSegment: false }],
+  );
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/firestore-app/src/app.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/firestore-app/src/app.ts
index 486aa06b5ffc..83d04bebd136 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/firestore-app/src/app.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/firestore-app/src/app.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ expressApp.get('/test', async function (req, res) {
   res.send({ version: 'v1' });
 });
 
+expressApp.get('/test-no-parent', async function (req, res) {
+  const noParentRef = collection(db, 'no-parent');
+  await addDoc(noParentRef, { name: 'Without Parent' });
+  // Flush before the marker so a span from the call above would reach the proxy before it.
+  await Sentry.flush();
+  await Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'No Parent Marker' }, async () => {
+    await addDoc(noParentRef, { name: 'With Parent' });
+  });
+  await Sentry.flush();
+  res.send({ version: 'v1' });
+});
+
 expressApp.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}`);
 });
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/tests/spans.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/tests/spans.test.ts
index cd9717ccdea0..836238fc3add 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/tests/spans.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/node-firebase/tests/spans.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { collectStreamedSpansUntilSegment } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import type { SerializedStreamedSpan } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { collectStreamedSpansUntilSegment, waitForStreamedSpans } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
 // The orchestrion spans are Sentry-native, so they carry no span-kind attribute (`sentry.kind`).
 const origin = 'auto.db.firebase.firestore';
@@ -49,3 +50,26 @@ test('should add, set, get and delete document', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   expect(children).toHaveLength(4);
   expect(children).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([spanAddDoc, spanSetDocs, spanGetDocs, spanDeleteDoc]));
 });
+
+test('does not create firestore spans without a parent span', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const seen: SerializedStreamedSpan[] = [];
+  // A span that is never sent cannot be awaited, so wait for a marker span sent after the Firestore call.
+  const markerPromise = waitForStreamedSpans('node-firebase', spans => {
+    seen.push(...spans);
+    return spans.some(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'No Parent Marker');
+  });
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${baseURL}/test-no-parent`);
+  expect(response.ok).toBe(true);
+  await markerPromise;
+
+  const marker = seen.find(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'No Parent Marker')!;
+  // Only the call inside the marker span may produce a span, as its child.
+  expect(seen.filter(span => span.name === 'addDoc no-parent')).toEqual([
+    expect.objectContaining({
+      is_segment: false,
+      parent_span_id: marker.span_id,
+      trace_id: marker.trace_id,
+    }),
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/firebase/instrumentation.ts b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/firebase/instrumentation.ts
index b10534aea30a..246ebd9895d8 100644
--- a/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/firebase/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/server-utils/src/integrations/firebase/instrumentation.ts
@@ -37,15 +37,18 @@ const NOOP = (): void => {};
 
 export function instrumentFirebase() {
   for (const { channel, spanName, useParent } of FIRESTORE_OPERATIONS) {
-    bindTracingChannelToSpan(diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<OrchestrionChannelContext>(channel), data =>
-      safeChannelCallback(() => {
-        const reference = data.arguments[0] as FirestoreReference | undefined;
-        if (!reference) {
-          return undefined;
-        }
-        const spanReference = useParent ? reference.parent || reference : reference;
-        return startFirestoreSpan(spanName, spanReference);
-      }),
+    bindTracingChannelToSpan(
+      diagnosticsChannel.tracingChannel<OrchestrionChannelContext>(channel),
+      data =>
+        safeChannelCallback(() => {
+          const reference = data.arguments[0] as FirestoreReference | undefined;
+          if (!reference) {
+            return undefined;
+          }
+          const spanReference = useParent ? reference.parent || reference : reference;
+          return startFirestoreSpan(spanName, spanReference);
+        }),
+      { requiresParentSpan: true },
     );
   }