diff --git a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/internal/JettyHttpClient9TracingInterceptor.java b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/internal/JettyHttpClient9TracingInterceptor.java
index e5c030986c94..3c45ce65278d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/internal/JettyHttpClient9TracingInterceptor.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/internal/JettyHttpClient9TracingInterceptor.java
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ public void onBegin(Request request) {
     if (this.context != null) {
       Span span = Span.fromContext(this.context);
       HttpField agentField = request.getHeaders().getField(HttpHeader.USER_AGENT);
-      span.setAttribute(SemanticAttributes.HTTP_USER_AGENT, agentField.getValue());
+      if (agentField != null) {
+        span.setAttribute(SemanticAttributes.HTTP_USER_AGENT, agentField.getValue());
+      }
     }
   }