diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
index 224a046bfa..0e274b5c1d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware/otel_middleware.py
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
             )
         request_start_time = request.META.pop(self._environ_timer_key, None)
 
-        response_hook_exception = None
-
         if activation and span:
             if is_asgi_request:
                 set_status_code(span, response.status_code)
@@ -407,7 +405,4 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
             detach(request.META.get(self._environ_token))
             request.META.pop(self._environ_token)
 
-        if response_hook_exception is not None:
-            raise response_hook_exception
-
         return response