diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3006046690..092a13ce01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Fix metrics export with exemplar and no context and filtering observable instruments
   ([#4251](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4251))
+- Fix recursion error with sdk disabled and handler added to root logger
+  ([#4259](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4259))
 
 ## Version 1.28.0/0.49b0 (2024-11-05)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index ed4ec38801..2d52b1bc74 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ def get_logger(
         attributes: Optional[Attributes] = None,
     ) -> Logger:
         if self._disabled:
-            _logger.warning("SDK is disabled.")
+            warnings.warn("SDK is disabled.")
             return NoOpLogger(
                 name,
                 version=version,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
index e8f70d6f5c..f6daa1b22c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
 import logging
+import os
 import unittest
-from unittest.mock import Mock
+import warnings
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 from opentelemetry._logs import NoOpLoggerProvider, SeverityNumber
 from opentelemetry._logs import get_logger as APIGetLogger
@@ -280,12 +283,27 @@ def test_log_body_is_always_string_with_formatter(self):
         log_record = processor.get_log_record(0)
         self.assertIsInstance(log_record.body, str)
 
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {"OTEL_SDK_DISABLED": "true"})
+    def test_handler_root_logger_with_disabled_sdk_does_not_go_into_recursion_error(
+        self,
+    ):
+        processor, logger = set_up_test_logging(
+            logging.NOTSET, root_logger=True
+        )
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as cw:
+            logger.warning("hello")
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(cw), 1)
+        self.assertEqual("SDK is disabled.", str(cw[0].message))
+
+        self.assertEqual(processor.emit_count(), 0)
+
 
-def set_up_test_logging(level, formatter=None):
+def set_up_test_logging(level, formatter=None, root_logger=False):
     logger_provider = LoggerProvider()
     processor = FakeProcessor()
     logger_provider.add_log_record_processor(processor)
-    logger = logging.getLogger("foo")
+    logger = logging.getLogger(None if root_logger else "foo")
     handler = LoggingHandler(level=level, logger_provider=logger_provider)
     if formatter:
         handler.setFormatter(formatter)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
index 4cb2a46c00..0590669653 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
 import unittest
+import warnings
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider
@@ -69,8 +70,12 @@ def test_get_logger(self):
 
     @patch.dict("os.environ", {OTEL_SDK_DISABLED: "true"})
     def test_get_logger_with_sdk_disabled(self):
-        logger = LoggerProvider().get_logger(Mock())
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as cw:
+            logger = LoggerProvider().get_logger(Mock())
+
         self.assertIsInstance(logger, NoOpLogger)
+        self.assertEqual(len(cw), 1)
+        self.assertEqual("SDK is disabled.", str(cw[0].message))
 
     @patch.object(Resource, "create")
     def test_logger_provider_init(self, resource_patch):