diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..612cf4abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043)."
diff --git a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
index 444c09c423..716fc9eee7 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         # the order matters
         url_args = ("url", "api_url", "baseurl", "repo", "server_url", "chart_repo_url")
         for arg in url_args:
-            if args.get(arg):
+            if args is not None and args.get(arg):
                 return args.get(arg)
         return ""