diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/javax-mail/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/javax/mail/JavaxMailInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/javax-mail/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/javax/mail/JavaxMailInstrumentation.java
index 3dae05ac9fc..67990e99297 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/javax-mail/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/javax/mail/JavaxMailInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/javax-mail/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/javax/mail/JavaxMailInstrumentation.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public JavaxMailInstrumentation(String instrumentationName, String... additional
   @Override
   public void methodAdvice(MethodTransformer transformer) {
     transformer.applyAdvice(
-        named("javaxMailInstrumentation"),
+        named("send"),
         JavaxMailInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$MailInjectionAdvice");
   }