diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-otel/otel-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/otel/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlStatementInfo.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-otel/otel-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/otel/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlStatementInfo.java
index 0f2514ebc65..2a9ed1c92e9 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-otel/otel-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/otel/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlStatementInfo.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-otel/otel-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/otel/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlStatementInfo.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public final class SqlStatementInfo {
   private final String table;
 
   public static SqlStatementInfo create(String statement, String operation, String table) {
-    return null;
+    return new SqlStatementInfo(statement, operation, table);
   }
 
   private SqlStatementInfo(String statement, String operation, String table) {