diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a567ca68f6..c606af3377 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Recursion in `openDatabase` when using `SentrySqfliteDatabaseFactory` ([#3231](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/3231))
+
 ## 9.7.0-beta.2
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/packages/sqflite/lib/src/sentry_sqflite_database_factory.dart b/packages/sqflite/lib/src/sentry_sqflite_database_factory.dart
index 2cc0a7e7c2..f1bb787546 100644
--- a/packages/sqflite/lib/src/sentry_sqflite_database_factory.dart
+++ b/packages/sqflite/lib/src/sentry_sqflite_database_factory.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:sentry/sentry.dart';
-import 'package:sqflite/sqflite.dart';
+import 'package:sqflite/sqflite.dart' as sqflite;
 // ignore: implementation_imports
 import 'package:sqflite_common/src/factory_mixin.dart';
 // ignore: implementation_imports
@@ -33,31 +33,31 @@ class SentrySqfliteDatabaseFactory with SqfliteDatabaseFactoryMixin {
   /// final database = await openDatabase('path/to/db');
   /// ```
   SentrySqfliteDatabaseFactory({
-    DatabaseFactory? databaseFactory,
+    sqflite.DatabaseFactory? databaseFactory,
     @internal Hub? hub,
-  })  : _databaseFactory = databaseFactory,
+  })  : _databaseFactory = databaseFactory ?? sqflite.databaseFactory,
         _hub = hub ?? HubAdapter();
 
   final Hub _hub;
-  final DatabaseFactory? _databaseFactory;
+  final sqflite.DatabaseFactory _databaseFactory;
 
   @override
   Future<T> invokeMethod<T>(String method, [Object? arguments]) =>
       impl.invokeMethod(method, arguments);
 
   @override
-  Future<Database> openDatabase(
+  Future<sqflite.Database> openDatabase(
     String path, {
-    OpenDatabaseOptions? options,
+    sqflite.OpenDatabaseOptions? options,
   }) async {
-    final databaseFactory = _databaseFactory ?? this;
+    final databaseFactory = _databaseFactory;
 
     // ignore: invalid_use_of_internal_member
     if (!_hub.options.isTracingEnabled()) {
       return databaseFactory.openDatabase(path, options: options);
     }
 
-    return Future<Database>(() async {
+    return Future<sqflite.Database>(() async {
       final currentSpan = _hub.getSpan();
       final description = 'Open DB: $path';
       final span = currentSpan?.startChild(
diff --git a/packages/sqflite/test/sentry_sqflite_database_factory_dart_test.dart b/packages/sqflite/test/sentry_sqflite_database_factory_dart_test.dart
index d25ae1144d..dc3c4dc11c 100644
--- a/packages/sqflite/test/sentry_sqflite_database_factory_dart_test.dart
+++ b/packages/sqflite/test/sentry_sqflite_database_factory_dart_test.dart
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ void main() {
     });
   });
 
+  group('openDatabase without delegate', () {
+    late Fixture fixture;
+
+    setUp(() {
+      fixture = Fixture();
+
+      when(fixture.hub.options).thenReturn(fixture.options);
+      when(fixture.hub.scope).thenReturn(fixture.scope);
+      when(fixture.hub.getSpan()).thenReturn(fixture.tracer);
+
+      // using ffi for testing on vm
+      sqfliteFfiInit();
+      databaseFactory = databaseFactoryFfi;
+    });
+
+    test('does not recurse when calling instance openDatabase', () async {
+      final wrapper = SentrySqfliteDatabaseFactory(hub: fixture.hub);
+
+      final db = await wrapper.openDatabase(inMemoryDatabasePath);
+
+      expect(db is SentryDatabase, true);
+
+      await db.close();
+    });
+  });
+
   tearDown(() {
     databaseFactory = sqfliteDatabaseFactoryDefault;
   });