diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index f86ef124d4..86cc19b070 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class SQLAlchemyInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
     """An instrumentor for SQLAlchemy
     See `BaseInstrumentor`
     """
+    engines = []
 
     def instrumentation_dependencies(self) -> Collection[str]:
         return _instruments
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
                 )
             )
             return self.engines[0]
-        elif kwargs.get("engines") is not None and isinstance(
+        if kwargs.get("engines") is not None and isinstance(
             kwargs.get("engines"), Sequence
         ):
             self.engines = [
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
index e14293b831..62eba4b08d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-from sqlalchemy.event import (
+from sqlalchemy.event import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
     listen,
     remove,
-)  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+)
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy.package import (