diff --git a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
index a0ca80149b2..dfe80e071a6 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
+++ b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ object BenchUtils {
           val elapsed = NANOSECONDS.toMillis(end - start)
           println(s"*** Iteration $i failed after $elapsed msec.")
           queryTimes.append(-1)
-          exceptions.append(BenchUtils.toString(e))
+          exceptions.append(BenchUtils.stackTraceAsString(e))
           e.printStackTrace()
       }
     }
@@ -241,9 +241,19 @@ object BenchUtils {
       sparkConf = df.sparkSession.conf.getAll,
       getSparkVersion)
 
+    // if the query plan is invalid, referencing the `executedPlan` lazy val
+    // can throw an exception
+    val executedPlanStr = try {
+      df.queryExecution.executedPlan.toString()
+    } catch {
+      case e: Exception =>
+        exceptions.append(stackTraceAsString(e))
+        "Failed to capture executedPlan - see exceptions in report"
+    }
+
     val queryPlan = QueryPlan(
       df.queryExecution.logical.toString(),
-      df.queryExecution.executedPlan.toString()
+      executedPlanStr
     )
 
     val report = resultsAction match {
@@ -662,7 +672,7 @@ object BenchUtils {
     }
   }
 
-  def toString(e: Exception): String = {
+  def stackTraceAsString(e: Throwable): String = {
     val sw = new StringWriter()
     val w = new PrintWriter(sw)
     e.printStackTrace(w)
@@ -676,12 +686,21 @@ class BenchmarkListener(
     exceptions: ListBuffer[String]) extends QueryExecutionListener {
 
   override def onSuccess(funcName: String, qe: QueryExecution, durationNs: Long): Unit = {
-    queryPlans += toJson(qe.executedPlan)
+    addQueryPlan(qe)
   }
 
   override def onFailure(funcName: String, qe: QueryExecution, exception: Exception): Unit = {
-    queryPlans += toJson(qe.executedPlan)
-    exceptions += BenchUtils.toString(exception)
+    addQueryPlan(qe)
+    exceptions += BenchUtils.stackTraceAsString(exception)
+  }
+
+  private def addQueryPlan(qe: QueryExecution) = {
+    try {
+      queryPlans += toJson(qe.executedPlan)
+    } catch {
+      case e: Exception =>
+        exceptions.append(BenchUtils.stackTraceAsString(e))
+    }
   }
 
   private def toJson(plan: SparkPlan): SparkPlanNode = {