diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index 89432d5b339..cecaaeba4b4 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -491,7 +491,15 @@ def _get_attributes(record: logging.LogRecord) -> Attributes:
             if exctype is not None:
                 attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE] = exctype.__name__
             if value is not None and value.args:
-                attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = value.args[0]
+                if type(value.args[0]) is str:
+                    attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = value.args[
+                        0
+                    ]
+                else:
+                    if value.args[0] is not None and value.args[0].args:
+                        attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = (
+                            value.args[0].args[0]
+                        )
             if tb is not None:
                 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/9fa7c656b26647b27e485a6af7e38dc716eba98a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/exceptions.md#stacktrace-representation
                 attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE] = "".join(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
index 3886c9996a9..c276031ca07 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def test_log_record_user_attributes(self):
         # so only check that the attribute is present.
         self.assertTrue(SpanAttributes.CODE_LINENO in log_record.attributes)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(log_record.attributes, BoundedAttributes))
-    
+
     def test_log_record_exception(self):
         """Exception information will be included in attributes"""
         processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(logging.ERROR)
@@ -169,6 +169,37 @@ def test_log_record_exception(self):
         self.assertTrue("division by zero" in stack_trace)
         self.assertTrue(__file__ in stack_trace)
 
+    def test_log_record_recursive_exception(self):
+        """Exception information will be included in attributes even though it is recursive"""
+        processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(logging.ERROR)
+
+        try:
+            raise ZeroDivisionError(ZeroDivisionError("division by zero"))
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            with self.assertLogs(level=logging.ERROR):
+                logger.exception("Zero Division Error")
+
+        log_record = processor.get_log_record(0)
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(log_record)
+        self.assertEqual(log_record.body, "Zero Division Error")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE],
+            ZeroDivisionError.__name__,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE],
+            "division by zero",
+        )
+        stack_trace = log_record.attributes[
+            SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE
+        ]
+        self.assertIsInstance(stack_trace, str)
+        self.assertTrue("Traceback" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("ZeroDivisionError" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("division by zero" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue(__file__ in stack_trace)
+
     def test_log_exc_info_false(self):
         """Exception information will not be included in attributes"""
         processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(logging.NOTSET)