diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
index e430f746025..cad57bfcda5 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ def __post_init__(self):
     def __repr__(self):
         return (
             f"SpanPointer(trace_id={self.trace_id}, span_id={self.span_id}, kind={self.kind}, "
-            f"direction={self.direction}, hash={self.hash}, attributes={self.attributes})"
+            f"direction={self.attributes.get('ptr.dir')}, hash={self.attributes.get('ptr.hash')}, "
+            f"attributes={self.attributes})"
         )
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-spanpointer-repr-565ebb8e6679ebde.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-spanpointer-repr-565ebb8e6679ebde.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ac54b64073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-spanpointer-repr-565ebb8e6679ebde.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fixes:
+  - |
+    tracing: Fixes a bug where calling __repr__ on SpanPointer objected raised an AttributeError. This caused aws_lambdas to crash when debug logging was enabled.
diff --git a/tests/tracer/test_span.py b/tests/tracer/test_span.py
index 0b18307c93d..617601bf1c9 100644
--- a/tests/tracer/test_span.py
+++ b/tests/tracer/test_span.py
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ def test_span_pprint():
     root.set_metric("m", 1.0)
     root._add_event("message", {"importance": 10}, 16789898242)
     root.set_link(trace_id=99, span_id=10, attributes={"link.name": "s1_to_s2", "link.kind": "scheduled_by"})
+    root._add_span_pointer("test_kind", _SpanPointerDirection.DOWNSTREAM, "test_hash_123", {"extra": "attr"})
 
     root.finish()
     actual = root._pprint()
@@ -867,9 +868,11 @@ def test_span_pprint():
     assert "metrics={'m': 1.0}" in actual
     assert "events=[SpanEvent(name='message', time=16789898242, attributes={'importance': 10})]" in actual
     assert (
-        "[SpanLink(trace_id=99, span_id=10, attributes={'link.name': 's1_to_s2', 'link.kind': 'scheduled_by'}, "
-        "tracestate=None, flags=None, dropped_attributes=0)]"
+        "SpanLink(trace_id=99, span_id=10, attributes={'link.name': 's1_to_s2', 'link.kind': 'scheduled_by'}, "
+        "tracestate=None, flags=None, dropped_attributes=0)"
     ) in actual
+    assert "SpanPointer(trace_id=0, span_id=0, kind=span-pointer" in actual
+    assert "direction=d, hash=test_hash_123" in actual
     assert (
         f"context=Context(trace_id={root.trace_id}, span_id={root.span_id}, _meta={{}}, "
         "_metrics={}, _span_links=[], _baggage={}, _is_remote=False)"