diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pulsar/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pulsar/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pulsar/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pulsar/utils.py
index d0c6d14e3a..9c1fa43ed3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pulsar/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pulsar/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pulsar/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pulsar/utils.py
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ def _enrich_span_with_message_id(span, message: pulsar.MessageId):
 
 
 def _get_span_name(operation: str, topic: str):
-    return f"{topic} {operation}"
+    return f"{operation} {topic}"