diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index 5bcd070c0..bfc10e6a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Check for file changes
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@ceb8a2b8f2d89434be7ff52d3de7ec3738c5cc9d # v4.0.3
         id: filter
         with:
           # The following filters indicate a category along with
diff --git a/skywalking/plugins/sw_aiohttp.py b/skywalking/plugins/sw_aiohttp.py
index 65bf42319..b7f25c41c 100644
--- a/skywalking/plugins/sw_aiohttp.py
+++ b/skywalking/plugins/sw_aiohttp.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def _sw_handle_request(self, request: BaseRequest, start_time: float, *arg
 
         if config.agent_protocol == 'http' and config.agent_collector_backend_services.rstrip('/') \
                 .endswith(f'{request.url.host}:{request.url.port}'):
-            return _handle_request
+            return await _handle_request(self, request, start_time, *args, **kwargs)
 
         carrier = Carrier()
         method = request.method
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_http_reporter.py b/tests/unit/test_http_reporter.py
index 7c5f13fce..bffb9f3b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_http_reporter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_http_reporter.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import threading
 import unittest
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
-from unittest.mock import patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 from skywalking import config
 
@@ -150,5 +150,90 @@ async def run():
             get_context.assert_not_called()
 
 
+class TestAiohttpServerCollectorSkip(unittest.TestCase):
+    """RequestHandler skip must await the original handler, not return the function."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._saved = (
+            config.agent_collector_backend_services,
+            config.agent_protocol,
+        )
+        config.agent_protocol = 'http'
+        config.agent_collector_backend_services = '127.0.0.1:12800'
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        (
+            config.agent_collector_backend_services,
+            config.agent_protocol,
+        ) = self._saved
+
+    def test_collector_host_skip_awaits_original_handler(self):
+        from aiohttp import ClientSession
+        from aiohttp.web_protocol import RequestHandler
+
+        from skywalking.plugins import sw_aiohttp
+
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, ClientSession, '_request', ClientSession._request)
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, RequestHandler, '_handle_request', RequestHandler._handle_request)
+
+        stub = AsyncMock(return_value=('resp', False))
+        RequestHandler._handle_request = stub
+        sw_aiohttp.install()
+
+        handler = MagicMock()
+        request = MagicMock()
+        request.url.host = '127.0.0.1'
+        request.url.port = 12800
+
+        async def run():
+            with patch.object(sw_aiohttp, 'get_context') as get_context:
+                result = await RequestHandler._handle_request(handler, request, 1.5, extra=True)
+                get_context.assert_not_called()
+                return result
+
+        result = asyncio.run(run())
+        self.assertEqual(('resp', False), result)
+        stub.assert_awaited_once_with(handler, request, 1.5, extra=True)
+
+    def test_non_collector_host_still_creates_entry_span(self):
+        from aiohttp import ClientSession
+        from aiohttp.web_protocol import RequestHandler
+
+        from skywalking.plugins import sw_aiohttp
+
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, ClientSession, '_request', ClientSession._request)
+        self.addCleanup(setattr, RequestHandler, '_handle_request', RequestHandler._handle_request)
+
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.status = 200
+        stub = AsyncMock(return_value=(resp, False))
+        RequestHandler._handle_request = stub
+        sw_aiohttp.install()
+
+        handler = MagicMock()
+        request = MagicMock()
+        request.url.host = '127.0.0.1'
+        request.url.port = 9999
+        request.method = 'GET'
+        request.path = '/users'
+        request.headers = {}
+        request._transport_peername = ('10.0.0.1', 1234)
+        request.scheme = 'http'
+        request.host = '127.0.0.1:9999'
+
+        span = MagicMock()
+        context = MagicMock()
+        context.new_entry_span.return_value = span
+
+        async def run():
+            with patch.object(sw_aiohttp, 'get_context', return_value=context):
+                return await RequestHandler._handle_request(handler, request, 0.0)
+
+        result = asyncio.run(run())
+        self.assertEqual((resp, False), result)
+        context.new_entry_span.assert_called_once()
+        stub.assert_awaited_once()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()