diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb28471034d..4031880bf78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2450](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2450))
 - Bump semantic conventions from 1.6.1 to 1.8.0
   ([#2461](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2461))
+- fix exception handling in get_aggregated_resources
+  ([#2464](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2464))
 
 ## [1.9.1-0.28b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.9.1-0.28b1) - 2022-01-29
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index c8790adf111..d32d9438293 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@ def get_aggregated_resources(
                 detected_resource = future.result(timeout=timeout)
             # pylint: disable=broad-except
             except Exception as ex:
+                detected_resource = _EMPTY_RESOURCE
                 if detector.raise_on_error:
                     raise ex
                 logger.warning(
                     "Exception %s in detector %s, ignoring", ex, detector
                 )
-                detected_resource = _EMPTY_RESOURCE
             finally:
                 detectors_merged_resource = detectors_merged_resource.merge(
                     detected_resource