diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4624-opentelemetry_bug_fix_hardcoded_value.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4624-opentelemetry_bug_fix_hardcoded_value.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53d241eca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4624-opentelemetry_bug_fix_hardcoded_value.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - opentelemetry callback plugin - fix task message attribute that is reported failed regardless of the task result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4624).
diff --git a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
index 9da5179399..1ea6e79622 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
             else:
                 res = host_data.result._result
                 rc = res.get('rc', 0)
-                message = self.get_error_message(res)
-                enriched_error_message = self.enrich_error_message(res)
+                if host_data.status == 'failed':
+                    message = self.get_error_message(res)
+                    enriched_error_message = self.enrich_error_message(res)
 
             if host_data.status == 'failed':
                 status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.ERROR, description=message)