diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
index 68db87ca30..b31e6dea72 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
     # Enable instrumentation
     BotocoreInstrumentor().instrument()
-    AwsLambdaInstrumentor().instrument()
 
     # Lambda function
     def lambda_handler(event, context):
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
 
         return "200 OK"
 
+    AwsLambdaInstrumentor().instrument()
+
 API
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