diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/format.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/format.js
index 3009ab571da..570b5aee301 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/format.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/format.js
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ const map = {
   'resource.name': 'resource'
 }
 
-function format (span) {
+function format (span, isChunkRoot) {
   const formatted = formatSpan(span)
 
   extractSpanLinks(formatted, span)
   extractSpanEvents(formatted, span)
   extractRootTags(formatted, span)
-  extractChunkTags(formatted, span)
+  extractChunkTags(formatted, span, isChunkRoot)
   extractTags(formatted, span)
 
   return formatted
@@ -192,11 +192,10 @@ function extractRootTags (formattedSpan, span) {
   addTag({}, formattedSpan.metrics, TOP_LEVEL_KEY, 1)
 }
 
-function extractChunkTags (formattedSpan, span) {
+function extractChunkTags (formattedSpan, span, isChunkRoot) {
   const context = span.context()
-  const isLocalRoot = span === context._trace.started[0]
 
-  if (!isLocalRoot) return
+  if (!isChunkRoot) return
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(context._trace.tags)) {
     addTag(formattedSpan.meta, formattedSpan.metrics, key, value)
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/span_processor.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/span_processor.js
index 9bcb6410361..6ff50b6abcb 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/span_processor.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/span_processor.js
@@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ class SpanProcessor {
       this._spanSampler.sample(spanContext)
       this._gitMetadataTagger.tagGitMetadata(spanContext)
 
+      let isChunkRoot = true
+
       for (const span of started) {
         if (span._duration === undefined) {
           active.push(span)
         } else {
-          const formattedSpan = format(span)
+          const formattedSpan = format(span, isChunkRoot)
+          isChunkRoot = false
           this._stats?.onSpanFinished(formattedSpan)
           formatted.push(formattedSpan)
 
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/format.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/format.spec.js
index e1b3a5517c8..3540238bc15 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/format.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/format.spec.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('format', () => {
         count: 1
       }
 
-      trace = format(span)
+      trace = format(span, true)
 
       expect(trace.meta).to.include({
         chunk: 'test'
@@ -304,13 +304,29 @@ describe('format', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    it('should not extract trace chunk tags when not chunk root', () => {
+      spanContext._trace.tags = {
+        chunk: 'test',
+        count: 1
+      }
+
+      trace = format(span, false)
+      expect(trace.meta).to.not.include({
+        chunk: 'test'
+      })
+
+      expect(trace.metrics).to.not.include({
+        count: 1
+      })
+    })
+
     it('should extract empty tags', () => {
       spanContext._trace.tags = {
         foo: '',
         count: 1
       }
 
-      trace = format(span)
+      trace = format(span, true)
 
       expect(trace.meta).to.include({
         foo: ''
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/span_processor.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/span_processor.spec.js
index 90ab0530a23..86d16ea894d 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/span_processor.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/span_processor.spec.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('SpanProcessor', () => {
     expect(trace).to.have.deep.property('finished', [])
   })
 
-  it('should configure span sampler conrrectly', () => {
+  it('should configure span sampler correctly', () => {
     const config = {
       stats: { enabled: false },
       sampler: {
@@ -156,4 +156,17 @@ describe('SpanProcessor', () => {
     expect(finishedSpan.context()).to.have.deep.property('_tags', {})
     expect(exporter.export).not.to.have.been.called
   })
+
+  it('should call format every time a partial flush is triggered', () => {
+    config.flushMinSpans = 1
+    const processor = new SpanProcessor(exporter, prioritySampler, config)
+    trace.started = [activeSpan, finishedSpan]
+    trace.finished = [finishedSpan]
+    processor.process(activeSpan)
+
+    expect(trace).to.have.deep.property('started', [activeSpan])
+    expect(trace).to.have.deep.property('finished', [])
+    expect(format.callCount).to.equal(1)
+    expect(format).to.have.been.calledWith(finishedSpan, true)
+  })
 })