diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-otel-migrations-exception.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-otel-migrations-exception.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08ae5efec755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-otel-migrations-exception.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "**OpenTelemetry:** Fixed an issue where migration fails when upgrading from below version 3.3 to 3.7."
+type: bugfix
+scope: Plugin
diff --git a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/migrations/001_331_to_332.lua b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/migrations/001_331_to_332.lua
index 3916fba72037..b188c105183f 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/migrations/001_331_to_332.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/migrations/001_331_to_332.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ local operations = require "kong.db.migrations.operations.331_to_332"
 local function ws_migration_teardown(ops)
   return function(connector)
     return ops:fixup_plugin_config(connector, "opentelemetry", function(config)
+      if not config.queue then
+        return false
+      end
+
       if config.queue.max_batch_size == 1 then
         config.queue.max_batch_size = 200
         return true