diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
index a98c77c829..431b7bf1ba 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
         self._instrumentor.uninstrument()
 
         tracer_provider = NoOpTracerProvider()
+        self._instrumentor = otel_starlette.StarletteInstrumentor()
         self._instrumentor.instrument(tracer_provider=tracer_provider)
 
         self._client.get("/foobar")