diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
index 85036a9382bd9..7441c00387f7d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export class IncrementalCache implements IncrementalCacheType {
     const headers =
       typeof (init.headers || {}).keys === 'function'
         ? Object.fromEntries(init.headers as Headers)
-        : Object.assign(init.headers || {}, {})
+        : Object.assign({}, init.headers)
 
     if ('traceparent' in headers) delete headers['traceparent']
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app-static.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app-static.test.ts
index a8864452aba38..2c8c19dad7e88 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app-static.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app-static.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ createNextDescribe(
       }
     })
 
+    it('should still cache even though the `traceparent` header was different', async () => {
+      const res = await next.fetch('/strip-header-traceparent')
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+
+      const html = await res.text()
+      const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+
+      const data1 = $('#data1').text()
+      const data2 = $('#data2').text()
+      expect(data1).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(data1).toBe(data2)
+
+      const echoedHeaders = JSON.parse($('#echoedHeaders').text())
+      expect(echoedHeaders.headers.traceparent).toEqual('C')
+    })
+
     it('should warn for too many cache tags', async () => {
       const res = await next.fetch('/too-many-cache-tags')
       expect(res.status).toBe(200)
@@ -790,6 +806,10 @@ createNextDescribe(
             "static-to-dynamic-error-forced/[id]/page_client-reference-manifest.js",
             "static-to-dynamic-error/[id]/page.js",
             "static-to-dynamic-error/[id]/page_client-reference-manifest.js",
+            "strip-header-traceparent.html",
+            "strip-header-traceparent.rsc",
+            "strip-header-traceparent/page.js",
+            "strip-header-traceparent/page_client-reference-manifest.js",
             "too-many-cache-tags/page.js",
             "too-many-cache-tags/page_client-reference-manifest.js",
             "unstable-cache/dynamic-undefined/page.js",
@@ -1512,6 +1532,22 @@ createNextDescribe(
               "initialRevalidateSeconds": false,
               "srcRoute": "/ssg-draft-mode/[[...route]]",
             },
+            "/strip-header-traceparent": {
+              "dataRoute": "/strip-header-traceparent.rsc",
+              "experimentalBypassFor": [
+                {
+                  "key": "Next-Action",
+                  "type": "header",
+                },
+                {
+                  "key": "content-type",
+                  "type": "header",
+                  "value": "multipart/form-data;.*",
+                },
+              ],
+              "initialRevalidateSeconds": 50,
+              "srcRoute": "/strip-header-traceparent",
+            },
             "/variable-config-revalidate/revalidate-3": {
               "dataRoute": "/variable-config-revalidate/revalidate-3.rsc",
               "experimentalBypassFor": [
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app/strip-header-traceparent/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app/strip-header-traceparent/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c67f7b08c67b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-static/app/strip-header-traceparent/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+export default async function Page() {
+  const data1 = await fetch(
+    'https://next-data-api-endpoint.vercel.app/api/random',
+    {
+      headers: { traceparent: 'A' },
+      next: { revalidate: 50 },
+    }
+  ).then((res) => res.text())
+
+  const data2 = await fetch(
+    'https://next-data-api-endpoint.vercel.app/api/random',
+    {
+      headers: { traceparent: 'B' },
+      next: { revalidate: 50 },
+    }
+  ).then((res) => res.text())
+
+  const echoedHeaders = await fetch(
+    'https://next-data-api-endpoint.vercel.app/api/echo-headers',
+    {
+      headers: { traceparent: 'C' },
+      next: { revalidate: 50 },
+    }
+  ).then((res) => res.text())
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p id="data1">{data1}</p>
+      <p id="data2">{data2}</p>
+      <p id="echoedHeaders">{echoedHeaders}</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}