diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/utils.ts
index e3e3b68c1b..471e288dbc 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/utils.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ export const getTracedInternalSendCommand = (
               responseHook(span, cmd.command, cmd.args, reply);
             },
             err => {
-              diag.error('Error executing responseHook', err);
+              if (err) {
+                diag.error('Error executing responseHook', err);
+              }
             },
             true
           );