diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8367-fix-close-span-if-no-logs.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/8367-fix-close-span-if-no-logs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0a90be311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8367-fix-close-span-if-no-logs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "opentelemetry callback plugin - close spans always (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8367)."
diff --git a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
index 54c1690a22..58cfa057b7 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         if not disable_logs:
             # This will avoid populating span attributes to the logs
             span.add_event(task_data.dump, attributes={} if disable_attributes_in_logs else attributes)
-            span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
+        # Close span always
+        span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
 
     def set_span_attributes(self, span, attributes):
         """ update the span attributes with the given attributes if not None """