diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/src/replay.ts b/packages/replay-internal/src/replay.ts
index d80f47a6704b..0e399cc68730 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/src/replay.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/src/replay.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ import { getHandleRecordingEmit } from './util/handleRecordingEmit';
 import { isExpired } from './util/isExpired';
 import { isSessionExpired } from './util/isSessionExpired';
 import { debug } from './util/logger';
-import { resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext } from './util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext';
+import {
+  resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext,
+  setReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext,
+} from './util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext';
 import { closestElementOfNode } from './util/rrweb';
 import { sendReplay } from './util/sendReplay';
 import { RateLimitError, ReplayDurationLimitError } from './util/sendReplayRequest';
@@ -616,6 +619,7 @@ export class ReplayContainer implements ReplayContainerInterface {
       this._updateUserActivity(activityTime);
       this._updateSessionActivity(activityTime);
       this._maybeSaveSession();
+      setReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext(this.session.id);
     }
 
     this.startRecording();
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/src/util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext.ts b/packages/replay-internal/src/util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext.ts
index 7d3139aa447d..490f712af063 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/src/util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/src/util/resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,21 @@ export function resetReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext(): void {
     delete (dsc as Partial<DynamicSamplingContext>).replay_id;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Set the `replay_id` field on the cached DSC.
+ * The cached DSC on the scope (set by browserTracingIntegration) persists across
+ * session boundaries, and `createDsc` won't fire when a cached DSC already exists.
+ */
+export function setReplayIdOnDynamicSamplingContext(replayId: string): void {
+  const dsc = getCurrentScope().getPropagationContext().dsc;
+  if (dsc) {
+    dsc.replay_id = replayId;
+  }
+
+  const activeSpan = getActiveSpan();
+  if (activeSpan) {
+    const dsc = getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan(activeSpan);
+    (dsc as Partial<DynamicSamplingContext>).replay_id = replayId;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/errorSampleRate.test.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/errorSampleRate.test.ts
index b49882b72034..cf12ff990f00 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/errorSampleRate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/integration/errorSampleRate.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 import '../utils/mock-internal-setTimeout';
-import { captureException, getClient } from '@sentry/core';
+import { captureException, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { MockInstance } from 'vitest';
 import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import {
@@ -383,6 +383,28 @@ describe('Integration | errorSampleRate', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('sets replay_id on DSC after converting from buffer to session mode', async () => {
+      const TEST_EVENT = getTestEventIncremental({ timestamp: BASE_TIMESTAMP });
+      mockRecord._emitter(TEST_EVENT);
+
+      // Simulate a cached DSC on the scope (as browserTracingIntegration would set)
+      getCurrentScope().setPropagationContext({
+        traceId: '00000000000000000000000000000000',
+        sampleRand: 0,
+        dsc: { trace_id: '00000000000000000000000000000000', sampled: 'true' },
+      });
+
+      expect(replay.recordingMode).toBe('buffer');
+      const dsc = getCurrentScope().getPropagationContext().dsc!;
+      expect(dsc.replay_id).toBeUndefined();
+
+      await replay.sendBufferedReplayOrFlush({ continueRecording: true });
+      await vi.advanceTimersToNextTimerAsync();
+
+      expect(replay.recordingMode).toBe('session');
+      expect(dsc.replay_id).toBe(replay.getSessionId());
+    });
+
     // This tests a regression where we were calling flush indiscriminantly in `stop()`
     it('does not upload a replay event if error is not sampled', async () => {
       // We are trying to replicate the case where error rate is 0 and session