diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
index 6a85430ad5..02ccfb890b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def cursor(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 wrapped_cursor, db_api_integration
             )
 
-        def is_mysql_connector_cursor_prepared(self, cursor):
+        def is_mysql_connector_cursor_prepared(self, cursor):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
             try:
                 from mysql.connector.cursor_cext import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
                     CMySQLCursorPrepared,