diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/WithSpanInterceptorTest.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/WithSpanInterceptorTest.java
index ee2a43b472165..52de43f905ee1 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/WithSpanInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/WithSpanInterceptorTest.java
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind.CLIENT;
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind.INTERNAL;
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind.SERVER;
+import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode.ERROR;
 import static io.quarkus.opentelemetry.deployment.common.TestSpanExporter.getSpanByKindAndParentId;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.annotations.SpanAttribute;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.annotations.WithSpan;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.SpanData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.internal.data.ExceptionEventData;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.deployment.common.TestSpanExporter;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.deployment.common.TestSpanExporterProvider;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ void span() {
         List<SpanData> spanItems = spanExporter.getFinishedSpanItems(1);
         assertEquals("SpanBean.span", spanItems.get(0).getName());
         assertEquals(INTERNAL, spanItems.get(0).getKind());
+        assertNotEquals(ERROR, spanItems.get(0).getStatus().getStatusCode());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -112,6 +118,25 @@ void spanCdiRest() {
         final SpanData server = getSpanByKindAndParentId(spans, SERVER, client.getSpanId());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void spanWithException() {
+        try {
+            spanBean.spanWithException();
+            fail("Exception expected");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> {
+                throw e;
+            });
+        }
+        List<SpanData> spanItems = spanExporter.getFinishedSpanItems(1);
+        assertEquals("SpanBean.spanWithException", spanItems.get(0).getName());
+        assertEquals(INTERNAL, spanItems.get(0).getKind());
+        assertEquals(ERROR, spanItems.get(0).getStatus().getStatusCode());
+        assertEquals(1, spanItems.get(0).getEvents().size());
+        assertEquals("spanWithException for tests",
+                ((ExceptionEventData) spanItems.get(0).getEvents().get(0)).getException().getMessage());
+    }
+
     @ApplicationScoped
     public static class SpanBean {
         @WithSpan
@@ -119,6 +144,11 @@ public void span() {
 
         }
 
+        @WithSpan
+        public void spanWithException() {
+            throw new RuntimeException("spanWithException for tests");
+        }
+
         @WithSpan("name")
         public void spanName() {
 
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/cdi/WithSpanInterceptor.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/cdi/WithSpanInterceptor.java
index 49eecfad21289..2948f09f273df 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/cdi/WithSpanInterceptor.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/tracing/cdi/WithSpanInterceptor.java
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ public Object span(final ArcInvocationContext invocationContext) throws Exceptio
             }
 
             return result;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            if (shouldStart) {
+                instrumenter.end(spanContext, methodRequest, null, t);
+            }
+            throw t;
         } finally {
             if (scope != null) {
                 scope.close();