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 76ccb4b32ff..6c09caeec6c 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ private static DDScopeEventFactory createScopeEventFactory() {
     try {
       return (DDScopeEventFactory)
           Class.forName("datadog.opentracing.jfr.openjdk.ScopeEventFactory").newInstance();
-    } catch (final ClassFormatError | ReflectiveOperationException | NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+    } catch (final ClassFormatError | ReflectiveOperationException | NoClassDefFoundError | ClassNotFoundException e) {
       log.debug("Cannot create Openjdk JFR scope event factory", e);
     }
     return new DDNoopScopeEventFactory();