diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
index 4f4c067fdc..c795dfe4bf 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
@@ -261,8 +261,12 @@ public class DDTracer implements io.opentracing.Tracer, Closeable, datadog.trace
 
   @Override
   public void finalize() {
-    Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdownCallback);
-    shutdownCallback.run();
+    try {
+      Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdownCallback);
+      shutdownCallback.run();
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
+      log.error("Error while finalizing DDTracer.", e);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/dd-trace/src/main/java/datadog/trace/tracer/Tracer.java b/dd-trace/src/main/java/datadog/trace/tracer/Tracer.java
index f309f0a0f2..4aaf25bb09 100644
--- a/dd-trace/src/main/java/datadog/trace/tracer/Tracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace/src/main/java/datadog/trace/tracer/Tracer.java
@@ -138,8 +138,12 @@ public class Tracer implements Closeable {
 
   @Override
   public void finalize() {
-    Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdownCallback);
-    shutdownCallback.run();
+    try {
+      Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutdownCallback);
+      shutdownCallback.run();
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
+      log.error("Error while finalizing Tracer.", e);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override