diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-remoulade/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/remoulade/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-remoulade/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/remoulade/__init__.py
index 56e544edcd..b53c91ee04 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-remoulade/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/remoulade/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-remoulade/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/remoulade/__init__.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         )
         instrumentation_middleware = _InstrumentationMiddleware(self._tracer)
 
+        broker.middleware_order.insert(0, _InstrumentationMiddleware)
         broker.add_extra_default_middleware(instrumentation_middleware)
 
     def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):