diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideAppGetInitialProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideAppGetInitialProps.ts
index 74e811f8f224..3af686c18618 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideAppGetInitialProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideAppGetInitialProps.ts
@@ -28,27 +28,23 @@ export function withSentryServerSideAppGetInitialProps(origAppGetInitialProps: A
 
     const errorWrappedAppGetInitialProps = withErrorInstrumentation(origAppGetInitialProps);
 
-    if (hasTracingEnabled()) {
-      // Since this wrapper is only applied to `getInitialProps` running on the server, we can assert that `req` and
-      // `res` are always defined: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // Generally we can assume that `req` and `res` are always defined on the server:
+    // https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // This does not seem to be the case in dev mode. Because we have no clean way of associating the the data fetcher
+    // span with each other when there are no req or res objects, we simply do not trace them at all here.
+    if (hasTracingEnabled() && req && res) {
       const appGetInitialProps: {
         pageProps: {
           _sentryTraceData?: string;
           _sentryBaggage?: string;
         };
-      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(
-        errorWrappedAppGetInitialProps,
-        appGetInitialPropsArguments,
-        req!,
-        res!,
-        {
-          dataFetcherRouteName: '/_app',
-          requestedRouteName: context.ctx.pathname,
-          dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
-        },
-      );
+      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(errorWrappedAppGetInitialProps, appGetInitialPropsArguments, req, res, {
+        dataFetcherRouteName: '/_app',
+        requestedRouteName: context.ctx.pathname,
+        dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
+      });
 
-      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req!);
+      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req);
       if (requestTransaction) {
         appGetInitialProps.pageProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
 
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideDocumentGetInitialProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideDocumentGetInitialProps.ts
index f914a43a3916..31c16ec247a7 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideDocumentGetInitialProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideDocumentGetInitialProps.ts
@@ -29,22 +29,16 @@ export function withSentryServerSideDocumentGetInitialProps(
 
     const errorWrappedGetInitialProps = withErrorInstrumentation(origDocumentGetInitialProps);
 
-    if (hasTracingEnabled()) {
-      // Since this wrapper is only applied to `getInitialProps` running on the server, we can assert that `req` and
-      // `res` are always defined: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
-      return callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(
-        errorWrappedGetInitialProps,
-        documentGetInitialPropsArguments,
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-        req!,
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-        res!,
-        {
-          dataFetcherRouteName: '/_document',
-          requestedRouteName: context.pathname,
-          dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
-        },
-      );
+    // Generally we can assume that `req` and `res` are always defined on the server:
+    // https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // This does not seem to be the case in dev mode. Because we have no clean way of associating the the data fetcher
+    // span with each other when there are no req or res objects, we simply do not trace them at all here.
+    if (hasTracingEnabled() && req && res) {
+      return callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(errorWrappedGetInitialProps, documentGetInitialPropsArguments, req, res, {
+        dataFetcherRouteName: '/_document',
+        requestedRouteName: context.pathname,
+        dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
+      });
     } else {
       return errorWrappedGetInitialProps(...documentGetInitialPropsArguments);
     }
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideErrorGetInitialProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideErrorGetInitialProps.ts
index 8950fcf720a0..7b4be0cde29d 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideErrorGetInitialProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideErrorGetInitialProps.ts
@@ -31,25 +31,21 @@ export function withSentryServerSideErrorGetInitialProps(
 
     const errorWrappedGetInitialProps = withErrorInstrumentation(origErrorGetInitialProps);
 
-    if (hasTracingEnabled()) {
-      // Since this wrapper is only applied to `getInitialProps` running on the server, we can assert that `req` and
-      // `res` are always defined: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // Generally we can assume that `req` and `res` are always defined on the server:
+    // https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // This does not seem to be the case in dev mode. Because we have no clean way of associating the the data fetcher
+    // span with each other when there are no req or res objects, we simply do not trace them at all here.
+    if (hasTracingEnabled() && req && res) {
       const errorGetInitialProps: ErrorProps & {
         _sentryTraceData?: string;
         _sentryBaggage?: string;
-      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(
-        errorWrappedGetInitialProps,
-        errorGetInitialPropsArguments,
-        req!,
-        res!,
-        {
-          dataFetcherRouteName: '/_error',
-          requestedRouteName: context.pathname,
-          dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
-        },
-      );
+      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(errorWrappedGetInitialProps, errorGetInitialPropsArguments, req, res, {
+        dataFetcherRouteName: '/_error',
+        requestedRouteName: context.pathname,
+        dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
+      });
 
-      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req!);
+      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req);
       if (requestTransaction) {
         errorGetInitialProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
 
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideGetInitialProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideGetInitialProps.ts
index f591a4048c85..8f8a0b4b8608 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideGetInitialProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryServerSideGetInitialProps.ts
@@ -27,19 +27,21 @@ export function withSentryServerSideGetInitialProps(origGetInitialProps: GetInit
 
     const errorWrappedGetInitialProps = withErrorInstrumentation(origGetInitialProps);
 
-    if (hasTracingEnabled()) {
-      // Since this wrapper is only applied to `getInitialProps` running on the server, we can assert that `req` and
-      // `res` are always defined: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // Generally we can assume that `req` and `res` are always defined on the server:
+    // https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/data-fetching/get-initial-props#context-object
+    // This does not seem to be the case in dev mode. Because we have no clean way of associating the the data fetcher
+    // span with each other when there are no req or res objects, we simply do not trace them at all here.
+    if (hasTracingEnabled() && req && res) {
       const initialProps: {
         _sentryTraceData?: string;
         _sentryBaggage?: string;
-      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(errorWrappedGetInitialProps, getInitialPropsArguments, req!, res!, {
+      } = await callTracedServerSideDataFetcher(errorWrappedGetInitialProps, getInitialPropsArguments, req, res, {
         dataFetcherRouteName: context.pathname,
         requestedRouteName: context.pathname,
         dataFetchingMethodName: 'getInitialProps',
       });
 
-      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req!);
+      const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req);
       if (requestTransaction) {
         initialProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();