diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 10f0475ee..8945f8364 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * Fix NPE in gateway plugin when the timer triggers webflux webclient call.
 * Add an optional plugin, trace-sampler-cpu-policy-plugin, which could disable trace collecting in high CPU load.
 * Change the dateformat of logs to `yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS`(was `yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss:SSS`).
+* Fix NPE in elasticsearch plugin.
 
 #### Documentation
 
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-6.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v6/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-6.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v6/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
index bee05a636..152238352 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-6.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v6/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-6.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v6/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ public class AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor implements InstanceM
     @Override
     public void handleMethodException(EnhancedInstance objInst, Method method, Object[] allArguments,
                                       Class<?>[] argumentsTypes, Throwable t) {
-        ContextManager.activeSpan().log(t);
+        if (isTrace(objInst)) {
+            ContextManager.activeSpan().log(t);
+        }
     }
 
     private boolean isTrace(EnhancedInstance objInst) {
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-7.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v7/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-7.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v7/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
index fb19d3483..47f0b8d10 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-7.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v7/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/elasticsearch-7.x-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/elasticsearch/v7/interceptor/AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor.java
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ public class AdapterActionFutureActionGetMethodsInterceptor implements InstanceM
     @Override
     public void handleMethodException(EnhancedInstance objInst, Method method, Object[] allArguments,
                                       Class<?>[] argumentsTypes, Throwable t) {
-        ContextManager.activeSpan().log(t);
+        if (isTrace(objInst)) {
+            ContextManager.activeSpan().log(t);
+        }
     }
 
     private boolean isTrace(EnhancedInstance objInst) {