diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bafe75e9601..7644c50aa45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ For semantic convention package changes, see the [semconv CHANGELOG](packages/se
 
 ### :rocket: (Enhancement)
 
+* fix(resources): remove diagnostic error when accessing attributes while async attributes are resolving. [#5119](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5119) @seemk
+
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
 ### :books: (Refine Doc)
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/Resource.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/Resource.ts
index d44dbacc4df..8310bf1d9a9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/Resource.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/Resource.ts
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ export class Resource implements IResource {
   }
 
   get attributes(): ResourceAttributes {
-    if (this.asyncAttributesPending) {
-      diag.error(
-        'Accessing resource attributes before async attributes settled'
-      );
-    }
-
     return this._attributes ?? {};
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/Resource.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/Resource.test.ts
index 3916e1c985d..635b8c9bec2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/Resource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/Resource.test.ts
@@ -98,24 +98,6 @@ describe('Resource', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(resource.attributes['custom.boolean'], true);
   });
 
-  it('should log when accessing attributes before async attributes promise has settled', () => {
-    const debugStub = sinon.spy(diag, 'error');
-    const resource = new Resource(
-      {},
-      new Promise(resolve => {
-        setTimeout(resolve, 1);
-      })
-    );
-
-    resource.attributes;
-
-    assert.ok(
-      debugStub.calledWithMatch(
-        'Accessing resource attributes before async attributes settled'
-      )
-    );
-  });
-
   describe('.empty()', () => {
     it('should return an empty resource (except required service name)', () => {
       const resource = Resource.empty();