diff --git a/docs/upgrade-guide/_index.md b/docs/upgrade-guide/_index.md
index fc8efaa023d4..ab65ac753e59 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade-guide/_index.md
+++ b/docs/upgrade-guide/_index.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ receiving all spans for a trace in the same agent to be processed, such as
 service graphs.
 
 As a consequence, `tail_sampling.load_balancing` has been deprecated in favor of
-a `load_balancing` block.
+a `load_balancing` block. Also, `port` has been renamed to `receiver_port` and
+moved to the new `load_balancing` block.
 
 Example old config:
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ Example old config:
 tail_sampling:
   policies:
     - always_sample:
+  port: 4318
   load_balancing:
     exporter:
       insecure: true
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ load_balancing:
     dns:
       hostname: agent
       port: 4318
+  receiver_port: 4318
 ```
 
 ### Operator: Rename of Prometheus to Metrics (Breaking change)
diff --git a/pkg/tempo/config.go b/pkg/tempo/config.go
index 3b20fb5bd63c..3144999efce8 100644
--- a/pkg/tempo/config.go
+++ b/pkg/tempo/config.go
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ type tailSamplingConfig struct {
 	Policies []map[string]interface{} `yaml:"policies"`
 	// DecisionWait defines the time to wait for a complete trace before making a decision
 	DecisionWait time.Duration `yaml:"decision_wait,omitempty"`
-	// Port is the port the instance will use to receive load balanced traces
-	Port string `yaml:"port"`
 }
 
 // loadBalancingConfig defines the configuration for load balancing spans between agent instances
@@ -231,6 +229,8 @@ type tailSamplingConfig struct {
 type loadBalancingConfig struct {
 	Exporter exporterConfig         `yaml:"exporter"`
 	Resolver map[string]interface{} `yaml:"resolver"`
+	// ReceiverPort is the port the instance will use to receive load balanced traces
+	ReceiverPort string `yaml:"receiver_port"`
 }
 
 // exporterConfig defined the config for a otlp exporter for load balancing
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ func (c *InstanceConfig) otelConfig() (*config.Config, error) {
 		exporters["loadbalancing"] = internalExporter
 
 		receiverPort := defaultLoadBalancingPort
-		if c.TailSampling.Port != "" {
-			receiverPort = c.TailSampling.Port
+		if c.LoadBalancing.ReceiverPort != "" {
+			receiverPort = c.LoadBalancing.ReceiverPort
 		}
 		c.Receivers["otlp/lb"] = map[string]interface{}{
 			"protocols": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func (c *InstanceConfig) otelConfig() (*config.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Build Pipelines
-	splitPipeline := c.TailSampling != nil && c.LoadBalancing != nil
+	splitPipeline := c.LoadBalancing != nil
 	orderedSplitProcessors := orderProcessors(processorNames, splitPipeline)
 	if splitPipeline {
 		// load balancing pipeline
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ func orderProcessors(processors []string, splitPipelines bool) [][]string {
 	foundAt := len(processors)
 	for i, processor := range processors {
 		if processor == "batch" ||
-			processor == "tail_sampling" {
+			processor == "tail_sampling" ||
+			processor == "automatic_logging" {
 			foundAt = i
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tempo/config_test.go b/pkg/tempo/config_test.go
index 6000e2c108a4..e20ca02a1d37 100644
--- a/pkg/tempo/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tempo/config_test.go
@@ -607,12 +607,13 @@ tail_sampling:
           - value1
           - value2
 load_balancing:
+  receiver_port: 8080
   exporter:
     insecure: true
   resolver:
     dns:
       hostname: agent
-      port: 4318
+      port: 8080
 `,
 			expectedConfig: `
 receivers:
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ receivers:
   otlp/lb:
     protocols:
       grpc:
-        endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"
+        endpoint: "0.0.0.0:8080"
 exporters:
   otlp/0:
     endpoint: example.com:12345
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ exporters:
     resolver:
       dns:
         hostname: agent
-        port: 4318
+        port: 8080
 processors:
   tail_sampling:
     decision_wait: 5s
@@ -940,6 +941,54 @@ load_balancing:
 				"metrics/spanmetrics": nil,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "load balancing without tail sampling",
+			cfg: `
+receivers:
+  jaeger:
+    protocols:
+      grpc:
+remote_write:
+  - endpoint: example.com:12345
+    headers:
+      x-some-header: Some value!
+attributes:
+  actions:
+  - key: montgomery
+    value: forever
+    action: update
+spanmetrics:
+  latency_histogram_buckets: [2ms, 6ms, 10ms, 100ms, 250ms]
+  dimensions:
+    - name: http.method
+      default: GET
+    - name: http.status_code
+  prom_instance: tempo
+automatic_logging:
+  spans: true
+batch:
+  timeout: 5s
+  send_batch_size: 100
+load_balancing:
+  exporter:
+    insecure: true
+  resolver:
+    dns:
+      hostname: agent
+      port: 4318
+`,
+			expectedProcessors: map[string][]config.ComponentID{
+				"traces/0": {
+					config.NewID("attributes"),
+					config.NewID("spanmetrics"),
+				},
+				"traces/1": {
+					config.NewID("automatic_logging"),
+					config.NewID("batch"),
+				},
+				"metrics/spanmetrics": nil,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tt {