diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
index 2e7c9e997f..5a2ca5147b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ def _handle_exception(
 
         if _falcon_version == 1:
             return super()._handle_exception(ex, req, resp, params)
-        else:
-            return super()._handle_exception(req, resp, ex, params)
+
+        return super()._handle_exception(req, resp, ex, params)
 
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
         # pylint: disable=E1101