diff --git a/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts b/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
index 5aadfdd876be..202face147d9 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/tracing.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ const HOOKS: { [key in Operation]: Hook[] } = {
   update: ['beforeUpdate', 'updated'],
 };
 
-/** Finish top-level component span and activity with a debounce configured using `timeout` option */
-function finishRootComponentSpan(vm: VueSentry, timestamp: number, timeout: number): void {
+/** End the top-level component span and activity with a debounce configured using `timeout` option */
+function maybeEndRootComponentSpan(vm: VueSentry, timestamp: number, timeout: number): void {
   if (vm.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer) {
     clearTimeout(vm.$_sentryRootComponentSpanTimer);
   }
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export const createTracingMixins = (options: Partial<TracingOptions> = {}): Mixi
 
   const mixins: Mixins = {};
 
+  const rootComponentSpanFinalTimeout = options.timeout || 2000;
+
   for (const operation of hooks) {
     // Retrieve corresponding hooks from Vue lifecycle.
     // eg. mount => ['beforeMount', 'mounted']
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ export const createTracingMixins = (options: Partial<TracingOptions> = {}): Mixi
               },
               onlyIfParent: true,
             });
+
+          // call debounced end function once directly, just in case no child components call it
+          maybeEndRootComponentSpan(this, timestampInSeconds(), rootComponentSpanFinalTimeout);
         }
 
         // 2. Component tracking filter
@@ -102,7 +107,10 @@ export const createTracingMixins = (options: Partial<TracingOptions> = {}): Mixi
             ? findTrackComponent(options.trackComponents, componentName)
             : options.trackComponents);
 
+        // We always want to track root component
         if (!shouldTrack) {
+          // even if we don't track `this` component, we still want to end the root span eventually
+          maybeEndRootComponentSpan(this, timestampInSeconds(), rootComponentSpanFinalTimeout);
           return;
         }
 
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ export const createTracingMixins = (options: Partial<TracingOptions> = {}): Mixi
           if (activeSpan) {
             // Cancel any existing span for this operation (safety measure)
             // We're actually not sure if it will ever be the case that cleanup hooks were not called.
-            // However, we had users report that spans didn't get finished, so we finished the span before
+            // However, we had users report that spans didn't end, so we end the span before
             // starting a new one, just to be sure.
             const oldSpan = this.$_sentryComponentSpans[operation];
             if (oldSpan) {
@@ -142,8 +150,8 @@ export const createTracingMixins = (options: Partial<TracingOptions> = {}): Mixi
           if (!span) return; // Skip if no span was created in the "before" hook
           span.end();
 
-          // For any "after" hook, also schedule the root component span to finish
-          finishRootComponentSpan(this, timestampInSeconds(), options.timeout || 2000);
+          // For any "after" hook, also schedule the root component span to end
+          maybeEndRootComponentSpan(this, timestampInSeconds(), rootComponentSpanFinalTimeout);
         }
       };
     }
diff --git a/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts b/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
index d67690271ed2..2c08a20c61cd 100644
--- a/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/test/tracing/tracingMixin.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ vi.mock('../../src/vendor/components', () => {
   };
 });
 
-const mockSpanFactory = (): { name?: string; op?: string; end: Mock; startChild: Mock } => ({
+const mockSpanFactory = (): { name?: string; op?: string; end: Mock } => ({
   name: undefined,
   op: undefined,
   end: vi.fn(),
-  startChild: vi.fn(),
 });
 
 vi.useFakeTimers();
@@ -127,23 +126,25 @@ describe('Vue Tracing Mixins', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('should finish root component span on timer after component spans end', () => {
-      // todo/fixme: This root component span is only finished if trackComponents is true --> it should probably be always finished
-      const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents: true, timeout: 1000 });
-      const rootMockSpan = mockSpanFactory();
-      mockRootInstance.$_sentryRootComponentSpan = rootMockSpan;
-
-      // Create and finish a component span
-      mixins.beforeMount.call(mockVueInstance);
-      mixins.mounted.call(mockVueInstance);
-
-      // Root component span should not end immediately
-      expect(rootMockSpan.end).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-      // After timeout, root component span should end
-      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1001);
-      expect(rootMockSpan.end).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
+    it.each([true, false])(
+      'should finish root component span on timer after component spans end, if trackComponents is %s',
+      trackComponents => {
+        const mixins = createTracingMixins({ trackComponents, timeout: 1000 });
+        const rootMockSpan = mockSpanFactory();
+        mockRootInstance.$_sentryRootComponentSpan = rootMockSpan;
+
+        // Create and finish a component span
+        mixins.beforeMount.call(mockVueInstance);
+        mixins.mounted.call(mockVueInstance);
+
+        // Root component span should not end immediately
+        expect(rootMockSpan.end).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        // After timeout, root component span should end
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(1001);
+        expect(rootMockSpan.end).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      },
+    );
   });
 
   describe('Component Span Lifecycle', () => {

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