diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
index 41343873d04..5c27ed289a2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def _get_span_name(request):
             if getattr(request, "resolver_match"):
                 match = request.resolver_match
             else:
-                match = resolve(request.get_full_path())
+                match = resolve(request.path)
 
             if hasattr(match, "route"):
                 return match.route