diff --git a/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoPreparedStatementInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoPreparedStatementInstrumentation.java
index d0621fca..fa377dba 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoPreparedStatementInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoPreparedStatementInstrumentation.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public static void onEnter(
             // is called - the first recursive Statement call is just skipped and we do not create a span
             // for it
             if (CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).getAndIncrement() != 0) { //only report back when depth is one to avoid duplications
+                CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).decrementAndGet();
                 return;
             }
             QueryArgsCollector.collect(currentContext(), index, value);
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ public static void onEnter(
         public static void onExit(
                 @Advice.Thrown Throwable throwable) {
             if (CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).getAndIncrement() != 1) { //only report back when depth is one to avoid duplications
+                // Note that we need to decrement the call depth counter at every branch, otherwise the JDBC instrumentation of the
+                // Otel agent will break.
+                CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).decrementAndGet();
                 return;
             }
             QueryArgsCollector.maybeAttach(currentContext());
diff --git a/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoStatementInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoStatementInstrumentation.java
index 3764365c..e285d0fb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoStatementInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/instrumentation/AoStatementInstrumentation.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public static class StatementAdvice {
         @Advice.OnMethodEnter
         public static void onEnter(@Advice.Argument(value = 0, readOnly = false) String sql) {
             if (CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).getAndIncrement() != 1) { //only report back when depth is one to avoid duplications
+                // Note that we need to decrement the call depth counter at every branch, otherwise the JDBC instrumentation of the
+                // Otel agent will break.
+                CallDepth.forClass(Statement.class).decrementAndGet();
                 return;
             }
             sql = TraceContextInjector.inject(currentContext(), sql);