diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/__init__.py
index 698666dc9c..6853fe7720 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/__init__.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def instrument_connection(
             tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
             enable_commenter=enable_commenter,
             commenter_options=commenter_options,
+            connect_module=pymysql,
         )
 
     @staticmethod