diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
index a71560014e..66570bb78e 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ export function getDbStatement(
  * @returns SQL statement without variable arguments or SQL verb
  */
 export function getSpanName(query: string | Query | QueryOptions): string {
-  if (typeof query === 'object') {
-    return query.sql;
-  }
-  return query.split(' ')[0];
+  const rawQuery = typeof query === 'object' ? query.sql : query;
+  // Extract the SQL verb
+  return rawQuery?.split(' ')?.[0];
 }
 
 export const once = (fn: Function) => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/test/mysql.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/test/mysql.test.ts
index f456ba368c..c2664602a9 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/test/mysql.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/test/mysql.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
         query.on('end', () => {
           const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
           assert.strictEqual(spans[0].name, 'SELECT');
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            spans[0].attributes[SemanticAttributes.DB_STATEMENT],
+            sql
+          );
           done();
         });
       });
@@ -161,7 +165,11 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
 
         query.on('end', () => {
           const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
-          assert.strictEqual(spans[0].name, sql);
+          assert.strictEqual(spans[0].name, 'SELECT');
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            spans[0].attributes[SemanticAttributes.DB_STATEMENT],
+            query.sql
+          );
           done();
         });
       });