diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/Common.java b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/Common.java
index 42cd6cc1ff7..d51fcf5a5d0 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/Common.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/Common.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 public class Common {
   // for the sake of this example it avoids boilerplate ton inject an ejb into a spring context
-  public static final AtomicBoolean ENABLED = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+  public static final AtomicBoolean TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 }
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/ejb/ScheduledEjb.java b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/ejb/ScheduledEjb.java
index 0550a4e3b1e..323e6adde40 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/ejb/ScheduledEjb.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/ejb/ScheduledEjb.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.example.ejb;
 
-import static com.example.Common.ENABLED;
+import static com.example.Common.TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING;
 
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace;
 import javax.ejb.Schedule;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class ScheduledEjb {
 
   @Schedule(second = "*/1", minute = "*", hour = "*")
   public void runIt() {
-    if (ENABLED.getAndSet(false)) {
+    if (TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING.getAndSet(false)) {
       generateSomeTrace();
     }
   }
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/hello/HelloController.java b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/hello/HelloController.java
index 2592edc3ec8..e10f9a39982 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/hello/HelloController.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/wildfly/spring-ear/war/src/main/java/com/example/hello/HelloController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.example.hello;
 
-import static com.example.Common.ENABLED;
+import static com.example.Common.TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ public String hello() {
 
   @RequestMapping("/enableScheduling")
   public CompletableFuture<ResponseEntity<Void>> enableScheduling() {
-    ENABLED.set(true);
+    TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING.set(true);
     return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(
         () -> {
-          while (!ENABLED.get()) {
+          // Wait until the scheduled task picks up the request.
+          while (TRACE_REQUEST_PENDING.get()) {
             try {
               Thread.sleep(200);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {