diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
index daba570d6e..c8aba9bbf3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncpg/__init__.py
@@ -178,18 +178,16 @@ async def _do_execute(self, func, instance, args, kwargs):
         except IndexError:
             name = ""
 
+        # Hydrate attributes before span creation to enable filtering
+        span_attributes = _hydrate_span_from_args(
+            instance,
+            args[0],
+            args[1:] if self.capture_parameters else None,
+        )
+
         with self._tracer.start_as_current_span(
-            name, kind=SpanKind.CLIENT
+            name, kind=SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes=span_attributes
         ) as span:
-            if span.is_recording():
-                span_attributes = _hydrate_span_from_args(
-                    instance,
-                    args[0],
-                    args[1:] if self.capture_parameters else None,
-                )
-                for attribute, value in span_attributes.items():
-                    span.set_attribute(attribute, value)
-
             try:
                 result = await func(*args, **kwargs)
             except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
@@ -217,20 +215,19 @@ async def _do_cursor_execute(self, func, instance, args, kwargs):
         except IndexError:
             name = ""
 
+        # Hydrate attributes before span creation to enable filtering
+        span_attributes = _hydrate_span_from_args(
+            instance._connection,
+            instance._query,
+            instance._args if self.capture_parameters else None,
+        )
+
         stop = False
         with self._tracer.start_as_current_span(
             f"CURSOR: {name}",
             kind=SpanKind.CLIENT,
+            attributes=span_attributes,
         ) as span:
-            if span.is_recording():
-                span_attributes = _hydrate_span_from_args(
-                    instance._connection,
-                    instance._query,
-                    instance._args if self.capture_parameters else None,
-                )
-                for attribute, value in span_attributes.items():
-                    span.set_attribute(attribute, value)
-
             try:
                 result = await func(*args, **kwargs)
             except StopAsyncIteration: