diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
index 21ee0a1441..11c579f96a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ def _hydrate_span_from_args(connection, query, parameters) -> dict:
 class AsyncPGInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
 
     _leading_comment_remover = re.compile(r"^/\*.*?\*/")
+    _tracer = None
 
     def __init__(self, capture_parameters=False):
         super().__init__()