diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/tests/test_sqlalchemy.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/tests/test_sqlalchemy.py
index 099c088f64..7f0e655a9e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/tests/test_sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/tests/test_sqlalchemy.py
@@ -253,3 +253,14 @@ def test_uninstrument(self):
         cnx2.execute("SELECT	2 + 2;").fetchall()
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+
+    def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        engine = create_engine("sqlite:///:memory:")
+        SQLAlchemyInstrumentor().instrument(
+            engine=engine,
+            tracer_provider=trace.NoOpTracerProvider,
+        )
+        cnx = engine.connect()
+        cnx.execute("SELECT 1 + 1;").fetchall()
+        spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)