diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
index 895eb7bc4ea1..22e3200a07b6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-3.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v3_8/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.util.VirtualField;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.common.internal.NettyErrorHolder;
-import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.ExceptionLogger;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.http.HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.netty.v3_8.NettyRequest;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@ public void writeRequested(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent msg) throws E
   }
 
   private static void customizeResponse(Context context, HttpResponse response) {
-    try {
-      HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
-          .customize(context, response, NettyHttpResponseMutator.INSTANCE);
-    } catch (Throwable t) {
-      ExceptionLogger.logSuppressedError("Failed to customize Netty 3.8 HTTP server response", t);
-    }
+    HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
+        .customize(context, response, NettyHttpResponseMutator.INSTANCE);
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_0/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_0/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
index 5e49442d89a2..8c52bfeabb49 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_0/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_0/server/HttpServerResponseTracingHandler.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.common.internal.NettyErrorHolder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.common.v4_0.internal.NettyCommonRequest;
-import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.ExceptionLogger;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.http.HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.netty.v4_0.AttributeKeys;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -52,11 +51,7 @@ private static void end(Channel channel, HttpResponse response, @Nullable Throwa
   }
 
   private static void customizeResponse(Context context, HttpResponse response) {
-    try {
-      HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
-          .customize(context, response, NettyHttpResponseMutator.INSTANCE);
-    } catch (Throwable t) {
-      ExceptionLogger.logSuppressedError("Failed to customize Netty 4.0 HTTP server response", t);
-    }
+    HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
+        .customize(context, response, NettyHttpResponseMutator.INSTANCE);
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler.java
index c857b8743880..a9a493dadaa7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.server.HttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler;
-import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.ExceptionLogger;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.http.HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder;
 
 public enum NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler
@@ -17,11 +16,7 @@ public enum NettyHttpServerResponseBeforeCommitHandler
 
   @Override
   public void handle(Context context, HttpResponse response) {
-    try {
-      HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
-          .customize(context, response, new NettyHttpServerResponseMutator());
-    } catch (Throwable t) {
-      ExceptionLogger.logSuppressedError("Failed to customize Netty 4.1 HTTP server response", t);
-    }
+    HttpServerResponseCustomizerHolder.getCustomizer()
+        .customize(context, response, new NettyHttpServerResponseMutator());
   }
 }
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
index 344a1b776d63..f55aee931645 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.AgentClassLoader;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.BootstrapPackagePrefixesHolder;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.DefineClassHelper;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.ExceptionLogger;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.InstrumentedTaskClasses;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.LambdaTransformer;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.LambdaTransformerHolder;
@@ -313,7 +314,14 @@ public <T> void customize(
               Context serverContext, T response, HttpServerResponseMutator<T> responseMutator) {
 
             for (HttpServerResponseCustomizer modifier : customizers) {
-              modifier.customize(serverContext, response, responseMutator);
+              try {
+                modifier.customize(serverContext, response, responseMutator);
+              } catch (Throwable t) {
+                ExceptionLogger.logSuppressedError(
+                    "Failed to customize HTTP server response with "
+                        + modifier.getClass().getName(),
+                    t);
+              }
             }
           }
         });