diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboHelper.java b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboHelper.java
index 94f852e6c2..e06267c405 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboHelper.java
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.apachedubbo.v2_7;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanBuilder;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.trace.attributes.SemanticAttributes;
-import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.Result;
 
 class DubboHelper {
 
@@ -22,8 +20,4 @@ class DubboHelper {
   static String getSpanName(String interfaceName, String methodName) {
     return interfaceName + "/" + methodName;
   }
-
-  static StatusCode statusFromResult(Result result) {
-    return !result.hasException() ? StatusCode.UNSET : StatusCode.ERROR;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboTracer.java b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboTracer.java
index 682662747f..86fd56f963 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboTracer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-dubbo-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachedubbo/v2_7/DubboTracer.java
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.apachedubbo.v2_7;
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind.CLIENT;
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind.SERVER;
 
-import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanBuilder;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer.RpcServerTracer;
@@ -46,9 +44,8 @@ class DubboTracer extends RpcServerTracer<RpcInvocation> {
   }
 
   public void end(Context context, Result result) {
-    StatusCode statusCode = DubboHelper.statusFromResult(result);
-    if (statusCode != StatusCode.UNSET) {
-      Span.fromContext(context).setStatus(statusCode);
+    if (result.hasException()) {
+      onException(context, result.getException());
     }
     end(context);
   }