diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/src/utils.ts
index 8230052d0e..6483b8cce5 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/src/utils.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ export function getSpanName(query: string | Query | QueryOptions): string {
   if (typeof query === 'object') {
     return query.sql;
   }
-  return query.split(' ')[0];
+  const firstSpace = query?.indexOf(' ');
+  if (typeof firstSpace === 'number' && firstSpace !== -1) {
+    return query?.substring(0, firstSpace);
+  }
+  return query;
 }
 
 export function arrayStringifyHelper(arr: Array<unknown> | undefined): string {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
index b59d1b7387..0a045ff45a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function getSpanName(query: string | Query | QueryOptions): string {
   const rawQuery = typeof query === 'object' ? query.sql : query;
   // Extract the SQL verb
   const firstSpace = rawQuery?.indexOf(' ');
-  if (typeof firstSpace === "number" && firstSpace !== -1) {
+  if (typeof firstSpace === 'number' && firstSpace !== -1) {
     return rawQuery?.substring(0, firstSpace);
   }
   return rawQuery;