diff --git a/contrib/opencensus-ext-datadog/opencensus/ext/datadog/traces.py b/contrib/opencensus-ext-datadog/opencensus/ext/datadog/traces.py
index 6555a801c..4301fa066 100644
--- a/contrib/opencensus-ext-datadog/opencensus/ext/datadog/traces.py
+++ b/contrib/opencensus-ext-datadog/opencensus/ext/datadog/traces.py
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ def translate_to_datadog(self, trace):
             if span.get("status").get("message") is not None:
                 meta["opencensus.status_description"] = span.get("status").get(
                     "message")
-
-            atts = span.get("attributes").get("attributeMap")
-            atts_to_metadata(atts, meta=meta)
+            
+            if span.get("attributes") is not None:
+                atts = span.get("attributes").get("attributeMap")
+                atts_to_metadata(atts, meta=meta)
 
             dd_span["meta"] = meta
             dd_trace.append(dd_span)