diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
index 82f53a738efc..74c9ce60e84f 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
@@ -452,7 +452,10 @@ && getOptions().getOpenTelemetryTracer() != null) {
           getOptions()
               .getOpenTelemetryTracer()
               .spanBuilder("com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.createJob")
-              .setAllAttributes(jobInfo.getJobId().getOtelAttributes())
+              .setAllAttributes(
+                  jobInfo.getJobId() != null
+                      ? jobInfo.getJobId().getOtelAttributes()
+                      : Attributes.empty())
               .setAllAttributes(otelAttributesFromOptions(options))
               .startSpan();
     }
@@ -2072,7 +2075,7 @@ && getOptions().getOpenTelemetryTracer() != null) {
           getOptions()
               .getOpenTelemetryTracer()
               .spanBuilder("com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.queryWithTimeout")
-              .setAllAttributes(jobId != null ? jobId.getOtelAttributes() : null)
+              .setAllAttributes(jobId != null ? jobId.getOtelAttributes() : Attributes.empty())
               .setAllAttributes(otelAttributesFromOptions(options))
               .startSpan();
     }
@@ -2125,7 +2128,7 @@ && getOptions().getOpenTelemetryTracer() != null) {
           getOptions()
               .getOpenTelemetryTracer()
               .spanBuilder("com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.getQueryResults")
-              .setAllAttributes(jobId.getOtelAttributes())
+              .setAllAttributes(jobId != null ? jobId.getOtelAttributes() : Attributes.empty())
               .setAllAttributes(otelAttributesFromOptions(options))
               .startSpan();
     }