diff --git a/sentry_sdk/profiler/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/profiler/utils.py
index e78ea54256..3554cddb5d 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/profiler/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/profiler/utils.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_frame_name(frame):
                 and co_varnames[0] == "self"
                 and "self" in frame.f_locals
             ):
-                for cls in frame.f_locals["self"].__class__.__mro__:
+                for cls in type(frame.f_locals["self"]).__mro__:
                     if name in cls.__dict__:
                         return "{}.{}".format(cls.__name__, name)
         except (AttributeError, ValueError):
diff --git a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
index c8282412ea..0e3f700105 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import inspect
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import pytest
 from functools import partial
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
 from django.db.utils import OperationalError, ProgrammingError, DataError
 from django.http.request import RawPostDataException
+from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 
 try:
     from django.urls import reverse
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
 )
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django.signals_handlers import _get_receiver_name
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.executing import ExecutingIntegration
+from sentry_sdk.profiler.utils import get_frame_name
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import Span
 from tests.conftest import unpack_werkzeug_response
 from tests.integrations.django.myapp.wsgi import application
@@ -1295,3 +1299,47 @@ def test_ensures_no_spotlight_middleware_when_no_spotlight(
     added = frozenset(settings.MIDDLEWARE) ^ original_middleware
 
     assert "sentry_sdk.spotlight.SpotlightMiddleware" not in added
+
+
+def test_get_frame_name_when_in_lazy_object():
+    allowed_to_init = False
+
+    class SimpleLazyObjectWrapper(SimpleLazyObject):
+        def unproxied_method(self):
+            """
+            For testing purposes. We inject a method on the SimpleLazyObject
+            class so if python is executing this method, we should get
+            this class instead of the wrapped class and avoid evaluating
+            the wrapped object too early.
+            """
+            return inspect.currentframe()
+
+    class GetFrame:
+        def __init__(self):
+            assert allowed_to_init, "GetFrame not permitted to initialize yet"
+
+        def proxied_method(self):
+            """
+            For testing purposes. We add an proxied method on the instance
+            class so if python is executing this method, we should get
+            this class instead of the wrapper class.
+            """
+            return inspect.currentframe()
+
+    instance = SimpleLazyObjectWrapper(lambda: GetFrame())
+
+    assert get_frame_name(instance.unproxied_method()) == (
+        "SimpleLazyObjectWrapper.unproxied_method"
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 11)
+        else "test_get_frame_name_when_in_lazy_object.<locals>.SimpleLazyObjectWrapper.unproxied_method"
+    )
+
+    # Now that we're about to access an instance method on the wrapped class,
+    # we should permit initializing it
+    allowed_to_init = True
+
+    assert get_frame_name(instance.proxied_method()) == (
+        "GetFrame.proxied_method"
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 11)
+        else "test_get_frame_name_when_in_lazy_object.<locals>.GetFrame.proxied_method"
+    )