diff --git a/kong/globalpatches.lua b/kong/globalpatches.lua
index 99c128560df1..a4f8e7c7b9c9 100644
--- a/kong/globalpatches.lua
+++ b/kong/globalpatches.lua
@@ -596,20 +596,29 @@ return function(options)
     local hook_called = false
     _G.ngx.log = function(...)
       if hook_called then
-        -- avoid recursive loops: relies on the hook handler to NOT yield
+        -- detect recursive loops and yielding from the hook:
         old_ngx_log(ngx.ERR, debug.traceback("concurrent execution detected for: ngx.log", 2))
         return old_ngx_log(...)
       end
 
-      -- stack level = 5:
+      -- The pcall surrounding `run_hook` is to ensure `hook_called` is always
+      -- reset to `false` after hook execution, even in case an error is thrown
+      -- by `run_hook`.
+      --
+      -- stack level = 6:
       -- 1: maybe_push
       -- 2: dynamic_hook.pcall
       -- 3: dynamic_hook.run_hook
       -- 4: patched function
-      -- 5: caller
+      -- 5: pcall
+      -- 6: caller
       hook_called = true
-      dynamic_hook.run_hook("observability_logs", "push", 5, ...)
+      local ok, err = pcall(dynamic_hook.run_hook, "observability_logs", "push", 6, ...)
       hook_called = false
+
+      if not ok then
+        old_ngx_log(ngx.ERR, debug.traceback("observability_logs hook failed: " .. err, 2))
+      end
       return old_ngx_log(...)
     end
     -- export native ngx.log to be used where