diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/TracingFilter.java b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/TracingFilter.java
index 25865362cc31..af0dffe1c4b5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/TracingFilter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/TracingFilter.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public Result invoke(Invoker<?> invoker, Invocation invocation) {
       throw e;
     }
     if (isSynchronous) {
-      instrumenter.end(context, request, result, null);
+      instrumenter.end(context, request, result, result.getException());
     }
     return result;
   }