diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/backend.go b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/backend.go
index 499931fce80..0a310203dde 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/sql/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/sql/backend.go
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func (b *backend) poll(ctx context.Context, grp string, res string, since int64,
 // in a single roundtrip. This would reduce the latency of the operation, and also increase the
 // throughput of the system. This is a good candidate for a future optimization.
 func (b *backend) resourceVersionAtomicInc(ctx context.Context, x db.ContextExecer, key *resource.ResourceKey) (newVersion int64, err error) {
-	ctx, span := b.tracer.Start(ctx, "resourceVersionAtomicInc", trace.WithAttributes(
+	ctx, span := b.tracer.Start(ctx, tracePrefix+"version_atomic_inc", trace.WithAttributes(
 		semconv.K8SNamespaceName(key.Namespace),
 		// TODO: the following attributes could use some standardization.
 		attribute.String("k8s.resource.group", key.Group),