diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
index f648a4eee1a8..6e2608e637a0 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ private static void SetActivityEndTags(HttpContext httpContext, Activity activit
         if (exception != null)
         {
             activity.SetTag(HostingTelemetryHelpers.AttributeErrorType, exception.GetType().FullName);
-            activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, exception.Message);
+            activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error);
         }
         else if (HostingTelemetryHelpers.IsErrorStatusCode(response.StatusCode))
         {
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
index 73ad24d8358a..b7d5c73a1456 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/test/HostingApplicationDiagnosticsTests.cs
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ public void ActivityListeners_ExceptionSetsErrorType()
         Assert.Equal("1.1", tags[HostingTelemetryHelpers.AttributeNetworkProtocolVersion]);
         Assert.Equal("System.InvalidOperationException", tags[HostingTelemetryHelpers.AttributeErrorType]);
         Assert.Equal(ActivityStatusCode.Error, stoppedActivity.Status);
-        Assert.Equal("Test exception", stoppedActivity.StatusDescription);
+        Assert.Null(stoppedActivity.StatusDescription);
     }
 
     [Theory]