diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Curl/src/CurlInstrumentation.php b/src/Instrumentation/Curl/src/CurlInstrumentation.php
index 299639f1..27bef127 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Curl/src/CurlInstrumentation.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Curl/src/CurlInstrumentation.php
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ public static function register(): void
             pre: null,
             post: static function ($obj, array $params, mixed $retVal) use ($curlHandleToAttributes) {
                 if ($retVal != true) {
+                    if (curl_error($params[0])) {
+                        foreach ($params[1] as $option => $value) {
+                            if (!curl_setopt($params[0], $option, $value)) {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Curl/tests/Integration/CurlInstrumentationTest.php b/src/Instrumentation/Curl/tests/Integration/CurlInstrumentationTest.php
index 4ff18f10..90f928be 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Curl/tests/Integration/CurlInstrumentationTest.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Curl/tests/Integration/CurlInstrumentationTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ public function test_curl_setopt_array(): void
         $this->assertStringContainsString('resolve host', $span->getStatus()->getDescription());
     }
 
+    public function test_curl_setopt_array_partial_success(): void
+    {
+        $ch = curl_init();
+        curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_POST => 1,  CURLOPT_URL => 'http://gugugaga.gugugaga/', CURLOPT_SSLVERSION => 1000 ]);
+        curl_exec($ch);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $this->storage);
+        $span = $this->storage->offsetGet(0);
+        $this->assertSame('POST', $span->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('Error', $span->getStatus()->getCode());
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('resolve host', $span->getStatus()->getDescription());
+    }
+
     public function test_curl_copy_handle(): void
     {
         $ch = curl_init('http://gugugaga.gugugaga/');