diff --git a/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader.go b/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader.go
index 99b968f6ef43..13595eebe5b1 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader.go
+++ b/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
 	promapi "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api/prometheus/v1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.20.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ func startSpanForQuery(ctx context.Context, metricName, query string, tp trace.T
 
 func logErrorToSpan(span trace.Span, err error) {
 	span.RecordError(err, trace.WithAttributes(semconv.OTelStatusCodeError))
+	span.SetStatus(codes.Error, err.Error())
 }
 
 func getHTTPRoundTripper(c *config.Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (rt http.RoundTripper, err error) {
diff --git a/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader_test.go b/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader_test.go
index 0caf3c84d0b1..56b53b0dbd88 100644
--- a/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader_test.go
+++ b/plugin/metrics/prometheus/metricsstore/reader_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestMetricsServerError(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "failed executing metrics query")
 	require.Len(t, exp.GetSpans(), 1, "HTTP request was traced and span reported")
-	assert.Equal(t, "service_call_rate", exp.GetSpans()[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Error", exp.GetSpans()[0].Status.Code.String())
 }
 
 func TestGetLatencies(t *testing.T) {