diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
index b33d2e7a8673..eacf266333bc 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
@@ -46,26 +46,32 @@ public static <REQUEST, RESPONSE> SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, R
   }
 
   private static final String SQL_CALL = "CALL";
+  // sanitizer is also used to extract operation and table name, so we have it always enable here
+  private static final SqlStatementSanitizer sanitizer = SqlStatementSanitizer.create(true);
 
   private final AttributeKey<String> dbTableAttribute;
-  private final SqlStatementSanitizer sanitizer;
+  private final boolean statementSanitizationEnabled;
 
   SqlClientAttributesExtractor(
       SqlClientAttributesGetter<REQUEST> getter,
       AttributeKey<String> dbTableAttribute,
-      SqlStatementSanitizer sanitizer) {
+      boolean statementSanitizationEnabled) {
     super(getter);
     this.dbTableAttribute = dbTableAttribute;
-    this.sanitizer = sanitizer;
+    this.statementSanitizationEnabled = statementSanitizationEnabled;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void onStart(AttributesBuilder attributes, Context parentContext, REQUEST request) {
     super.onStart(attributes, parentContext, request);
 
-    SqlStatementInfo sanitizedStatement = sanitizer.sanitize(getter.getRawStatement(request));
+    String rawStatement = getter.getRawStatement(request);
+    SqlStatementInfo sanitizedStatement = sanitizer.sanitize(rawStatement);
     String operation = sanitizedStatement.getOperation();
-    internalSet(attributes, DB_STATEMENT, sanitizedStatement.getFullStatement());
+    internalSet(
+        attributes,
+        DB_STATEMENT,
+        statementSanitizationEnabled ? sanitizedStatement.getFullStatement() : rawStatement);
     internalSet(attributes, DB_OPERATION, operation);
     if (!SQL_CALL.equals(operation)) {
       internalSet(attributes, dbTableAttribute, sanitizedStatement.getMainIdentifier());
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
index b8e0838020f9..3e172e3d288e 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ public SqlClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setStatementSaniti
    */
   public AttributesExtractor<REQUEST, RESPONSE> build() {
     return new SqlClientAttributesExtractor<>(
-        getter, dbTableAttribute, SqlStatementSanitizer.create(statementSanitizationEnabled));
+        getter, dbTableAttribute, statementSanitizationEnabled);
   }
 }