diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
index 9eccd46b4457..d7a2991ac68e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ private static String getAppNamePropertyFromStream(InputStream in) {
   @Nullable
   private String loadFromClasspath(String filename, Function<InputStream, String> parser) {
     try (InputStream in = system.openClasspathResource(filename)) {
-      return parser.apply(in);
+      return in != null ? parser.apply(in) : null;
     } catch (Exception e) {
       return null;
     }