diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e124d10a9f..0fa8067bfbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix race condition in reading the dropped spans number. (#2615)
+
 ## [1.4.0] - 2022-02-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
index 6a7b9dc31bd..67e2732c3c7 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) exportSpans(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if l := len(bsp.batch); l > 0 {
-		global.Debug("exporting spans", "count", len(bsp.batch), "dropped", bsp.dropped)
+		global.Debug("exporting spans", "count", len(bsp.batch), "dropped", atomic.LoadUint32(&bsp.dropped))
 		err := bsp.e.ExportSpans(ctx, bsp.batch)
 
 		// A new batch is always created after exporting, even if the batch failed to be exported.