diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/AsyncTraceDispatcher.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/AsyncTraceDispatcher.java
index ca3bcfa261a574cd6df668d99f4b8170d4eb40da..06a28e44cade9c754137e934f3acb0b9633b86d1 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/AsyncTraceDispatcher.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/client/trace/AsyncTraceDispatcher.java
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ public class AsyncTraceDispatcher implements TraceDispatcher {
 
     public void removeShutdownHook() {
         if (shutDownHook != null) {
-            Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutDownHook);
+            try {
+                Runtime.getRuntime().removeShutdownHook(shutDownHook);
+            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+                // ignore - VM is already shutting down
+            }
         }
     }