diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/CHANGELOG.md
index 16ee02ba04..f3b6a9ea6a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Fix 'FailedToInjectActivityContext' when no ActivityContext exists.
+  ([#2990](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2990))
+
 ## 1.12.0-beta.1
 
 Released 2025-Jun-23
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/Implementation/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttribute.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/Implementation/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttribute.cs
index df367de5d3..13eb0c8988 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/Implementation/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire/Implementation/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttribute.cs
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ public void OnCreating(CreatingContext creatingContext)
             return;
         }
 
-        ActivityContext contextToInject = default;
-        if (Activity.Current != null)
+        var activity = Activity.Current;
+        if (activity == null)
         {
-            contextToInject = Activity.Current.Context;
+            return;
         }
 
         var activityContextData = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-        Propagators.DefaultTextMapPropagator.Inject(new PropagationContext(contextToInject, Baggage.Current), activityContextData, InjectActivityProperties);
+        Propagators.DefaultTextMapPropagator.Inject(new PropagationContext(activity.Context, Baggage.Current), activityContextData, InjectActivityProperties);
         creatingContext.SetJobParameter(HangfireInstrumentationConstants.ActivityContextKey, activityContextData);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire.Tests/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttributeTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire.Tests/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttributeTests.cs
index 84d27be4b3..1fed8d0f0c 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire.Tests/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttributeTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hangfire.Tests/HangfireInstrumentationJobFilterAttributeTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
 using Hangfire;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 using Xunit;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public async Task Should_Create_Activity()
         using var tel = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
             .AddHangfireInstrumentation()
             .AddInMemoryExporter(exportedItems)
+            .SetSampler<AlwaysOnSampler>()
             .Build();
 
         // Act
@@ -170,6 +172,27 @@ public async Task Should_Respect_Filter_Option(string filter, bool shouldRecord)
         Assert.Equal(shouldRecord, activity.ActivityTraceFlags.HasFlag(ActivityTraceFlags.Recorded));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Should_Not_Inject_Invalid_Context()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var exportedItems = new List<Activity>();
+        using var tel = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
+            .AddHangfireInstrumentation()
+            .AddInMemoryExporter(exportedItems)
+            .SetSampler<AlwaysOffSampler>()
+            .Build();
+
+        using var listener = new OpenTelemetryEventListener();
+
+        // Act
+        var jobId = BackgroundJob.Enqueue<TestJob>(x => x.Execute());
+        await this.WaitJobProcessedAsync(jobId, 5);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.All(listener.Messages, args => Assert.NotEqual("FailedToInjectActivityContext", args.EventName));
+    }
+
     private async Task WaitJobProcessedAsync(string jobId, int timeToWaitInSeconds)
     {
         var timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeToWaitInSeconds);
@@ -197,4 +220,59 @@ bool Completed()
             return !history.All(h => states.Contains(h.StateName));
         }
     }
+
+    private class OpenTelemetryEventListener : EventListener
+    {
+        private const string EventSourceName = "OpenTelemetry-Api";
+
+        private readonly Queue<EventWrittenEventArgs> events = new();
+        private readonly AutoResetEvent eventWritten = new(false);
+        private EventSource? apiEventSource;
+
+        public IEnumerable<EventWrittenEventArgs> Messages
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (this.events.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    this.eventWritten.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+                }
+
+                while (this.events.Count != 0)
+                {
+                    yield return this.events.Dequeue();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (this.apiEventSource != null)
+            {
+                this.DisableEvents(this.apiEventSource);
+            }
+
+            base.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnEventSourceCreated(EventSource eventSource)
+        {
+            if (eventSource.Name == EventSourceName)
+            {
+                this.apiEventSource = eventSource;
+                this.EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.Verbose, EventKeywords.All);
+            }
+
+            base.OnEventSourceCreated(eventSource);
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnEventWritten(EventWrittenEventArgs eventData)
+        {
+            if (eventData.EventSource.Name == EventSourceName)
+            {
+                this.events.Enqueue(eventData);
+                this.eventWritten.Set();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }