diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 44c40824e4..40f2bcbbfa 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
+* fix(sdk-node): register instrumentations early [#3502](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3502) @flarna
 * fix: include tracestate in export [#3569](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3569) @flarna
 
 ### :books: (Refine Doc)
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
index a3af268442..caad9b85e2 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ export class NodeSDK {
       return;
     }
 
+    registerInstrumentations({
+      instrumentations: this._instrumentations,
+    });
+
     if (this._autoDetectResources) {
       await this.detectResources();
     }
@@ -255,10 +259,6 @@ export class NodeSDK {
 
       metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(meterProvider);
     }
-
-    registerInstrumentations({
-      instrumentations: this._instrumentations,
-    });
   }
 
   public shutdown(): Promise<void> {