diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/servlet/dispatcher/RequestDispatcherInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/servlet/dispatcher/RequestDispatcherInstrumentation.java
index af5a4f5e02..845b438df1 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/servlet/dispatcher/RequestDispatcherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/servlet/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/servlet/dispatcher/RequestDispatcherInstrumentation.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isPublic;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.named;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.not;
 import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.takesArgument;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.takesArguments;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public final class RequestDispatcherInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default
     return singletonMap(
         named("forward")
             .or(named("include"))
+            .and(takesArguments(2))
             .and(takesArgument(0, named("javax.servlet.ServletRequest")))
             .and(takesArgument(1, named("javax.servlet.ServletResponse")))
             .and(isPublic()),