diff --git a/.chloggen/fix-collector-container-log.yaml b/.chloggen/fix-collector-container-log.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6bb25ee4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix-collector-container-log.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. operator, target allocator, github action)
+component: operator
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: fix error logging in collector container creation
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [2420]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/internal/manifests/collector/container.go b/internal/manifests/collector/container.go
index e4d826e68e..e347d0ce56 100644
--- a/internal/manifests/collector/container.go
+++ b/internal/manifests/collector/container.go
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ func Container(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTelem
 
 	// build container ports from service ports
 	ports, err := getConfigContainerPorts(logger, otelcol.Spec.Config)
-	logger.Error(err, "container ports config")
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "container ports config")
+	}
+
 	for _, p := range otelcol.Spec.Ports {
 		ports[p.Name] = corev1.ContainerPort{
 			Name:          p.Name,