diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
index 39dbba574f3..511515bc35c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ public synchronized void onJobEnd(SparkListenerJobEnd jobEnd) {
       return;
     }
 
-    lastJobFailed = false;
     if (jobEnd.jobResult() instanceof JobFailed) {
       JobFailed jobFailed = (JobFailed) jobEnd.jobResult();
       Exception exception = jobFailed.exception();
@@ -510,9 +509,15 @@ public synchronized void onJobEnd(SparkListenerJobEnd jobEnd) {
       jobSpan.setErrorMessage(errorMessage);
       jobSpan.setTag(DDTags.ERROR_STACK, errorStackTrace);
       jobSpan.setTag(DDTags.ERROR_TYPE, "Spark Job Failed");
-      lastJobFailed = true;
-      lastJobFailedMessage = errorMessage;
-      lastJobFailedStackTrace = errorStackTrace;
+
+      // Only propagate the error to the application if it is not a cancellation
+      if (errorMessage != null && !errorMessage.toLowerCase().contains("cancelled")) {
+        lastJobFailed = true;
+        lastJobFailedMessage = errorMessage;
+        lastJobFailedStackTrace = errorStackTrace;
+      }
+    } else {
+      lastJobFailed = false;
     }
 
     SparkAggregatedTaskMetrics metrics = jobMetrics.remove(jobEnd.jobId());
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
index 3b9a1c32185..2e910eafe09 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ abstract class AbstractSparkListenerTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     return new SparkListenerJobEnd(jobId, time, JobSucceeded$.MODULE$)
   }
 
+  protected jobFailedEvent(Integer jobId, Long time, String errorMessage) {
+    def exception = new RuntimeException(errorMessage)
+    def jobFailed = new org.apache.spark.scheduler.JobFailed(exception)
+    return new SparkListenerJobEnd(jobId, time, jobFailed)
+  }
+
   protected stageSubmittedEvent(Integer stageId, Long time) {
     def stageInfo = createStageInfo(stageId)
     stageInfo.submissionTime = Option.apply(time)
@@ -457,6 +463,34 @@ abstract class AbstractSparkListenerTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     }
   }
 
+  def "test lastJobFailed is not set when job is cancelled"() {
+    setup:
+    def listener = getTestDatadogSparkListener()
+    listener.onApplicationStart(applicationStartEvent(1000L))
+    listener.onJobStart(jobStartEvent(1, 1900L, [1]))
+    listener.onJobEnd(jobFailedEvent(1, 2200L, "Job was cancelled by user"))
+    listener.onApplicationEnd(new SparkListenerApplicationEnd(2300L))
+
+    expect:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(2) {
+        span {
+          operationName "spark.application"
+          resourceName "spark.application"
+          spanType "spark"
+          errored false
+          parent()
+        }
+        span {
+          operationName "spark.job"
+          spanType "spark"
+          errored true
+          childOf(span(0))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   protected validateRelativeError(double value, double expected, double relativeAccuracy) {
     double relativeError = Math.abs(value - expected) / expected
     assert relativeError < relativeAccuracy