diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/tests/test_sqlite3.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/tests/test_sqlite3.py
index 7300a06984..d0f6c2de44 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/tests/test_sqlite3.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3/tests/test_sqlite3.py
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
         with self._tracer.start_as_current_span("rootSpan"):
             self._cursor.executemany(stmt, data)
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 2)