diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
index 68598cad802b3..6313e4094dee2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ protected void handlePrimaryRequest(final ConcreteShardRequest<Request> request,
             new AsyncPrimaryAction(request, TraceableActionListener.create(listener, span, getTracer()), (ReplicationTask) task).run();
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             listener.onFailure(e);
+            span.endSpan();
         }
     }
 
@@ -708,6 +709,7 @@ protected void handleReplicaRequest(
                 .run();
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             listener.onFailure(e);
+            span.endSpan();
         }
     }