diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jms/javax-jms-1.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jms/MessageExtractAdapter.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jms/javax-jms-1.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jms/MessageExtractAdapter.java
index 66711c1cb2f..6d233e3c276 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jms/javax-jms-1.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jms/MessageExtractAdapter.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jms/javax-jms-1.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jms/MessageExtractAdapter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@ public void forEachKey(Message carrier, AgentPropagation.KeyClassifier classifie
         while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
           String key = ((String) enumeration.nextElement());
           String lowerCaseKey = cache.computeIfAbsent(key, KEY_MAPPER);
-          Object value = carrier.getObjectProperty(key);
+          Object value = null;
+          try {
+            value = carrier.getObjectProperty(key);
+          } catch (Throwable t) {
+            // log and ignore if we cannot access this property but don't break the instrumentation
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+              log.debug("Error accessing message property {}", key, t);
+            }
+          }
           if (value instanceof String && !classifier.accept(lowerCaseKey, (String) value)) {
             return;
           }