diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
index 8ddff532367..78664845c8e 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ public static <T> Queue<T> newFixedSizeQueue(int capacity) {
     try {
       return new MpscArrayQueue<>(capacity);
     } catch (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError | java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError e) {
-      if (!queueCreationWarningLogged.get()) {
+      if (!queueCreationWarningLogged.getAndSet(true)) {
         logger.log(
             Level.WARNING,
             "Cannot create high-performance queue, reverting to ArrayBlockingQueue ({0})",
-            e.toString());
-        queueCreationWarningLogged.set(true);
+            Objects.toString(e, "unknown cause"));
       }
       // Happens when modules such as jdk.unsupported are disabled in a custom JRE distribution,
       // or a security manager preventing access to Unsafe is installed.