diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jdbc/JDBCDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jdbc/JDBCDecorator.java
index 1df3ab2d359..6c8e3b0651c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jdbc/JDBCDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jdbc/JDBCDecorator.java
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ public void setAction(AgentSpan span, Connection connection) {
 
       connection.setClientInfo("OCSID.ACTION", traceContext);
 
+      span.setTag("_dd.dbm_trace_injected", true);
     } catch (Throwable e) {
       log.debug(
           "Failed to set extra DBM data in application_name for trace {}. "
@@ -294,8 +295,6 @@ public void setAction(AgentSpan span, Connection connection) {
           span.getTraceId().toHexString(),
           e);
       DECORATE.onError(span, e);
-    } finally {
-      span.setTag("_dd.dbm_trace_injected", true);
     }
   }