diff --git a/helpers/mysql/lib/opentelemetry/helpers/mysql.rb b/helpers/mysql/lib/opentelemetry/helpers/mysql.rb
index f1432bfc5..1813f3e09 100644
--- a/helpers/mysql/lib/opentelemetry/helpers/mysql.rb
+++ b/helpers/mysql/lib/opentelemetry/helpers/mysql.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MySQL
 
       # Ignore query names that might appear in comments prepended to the
       # statement.
-      PREPENDED_COMMENTS_REGEX = %r{/\*(?:[^/]|/[^*])*?(?:\*/|/\*.*)}m
+      PREPENDED_COMMENTS_REGEX = %r{(?:\/\*.*?\*\/)}m
       QUERY_NAME_REGEX = Regexp.new("^\s*(?:#{PREPENDED_COMMENTS_REGEX})?\s*\\b(#{QUERY_NAMES.join('|')})\\b.*", Regexp::IGNORECASE)
 
       # This is a span naming utility intended for use in MySQL database