diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 94073f8df09..4630626605d 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 ### :house: Internal
 
 * fix(build): update @types/node to 18.19.130, remove DOM types from base tsconfig [#6280](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6280) @overbalance
+* refactor(sdk-logs): simplify \_export() [#6318](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6318) @cjihrig
 
 ## 0.210.0
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/export/BatchLogRecordProcessorBase.ts b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/export/BatchLogRecordProcessorBase.ts
index 413ea13df04..a93c8b65141 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/export/BatchLogRecordProcessorBase.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/export/BatchLogRecordProcessorBase.ts
@@ -193,17 +193,23 @@ export abstract class BatchLogRecordProcessorBase<T extends BufferConfig>
         })
         .catch(globalErrorHandler);
 
-    const pendingResources = logRecords
-      .map(logRecord => logRecord.resource)
-      .filter(resource => resource.asyncAttributesPending);
+    const pendingResources = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < logRecords.length; i++) {
+      const resource = logRecords[i].resource;
+      if (
+        resource.asyncAttributesPending &&
+        typeof resource.waitForAsyncAttributes === 'function'
+      ) {
+        pendingResources.push(resource.waitForAsyncAttributes());
+      }
+    }
 
     // Avoid scheduling a promise to make the behavior more predictable and easier to test
     if (pendingResources.length === 0) {
       return doExport();
     } else {
-      return Promise.all(
-        pendingResources.map(resource => resource.waitForAsyncAttributes?.())
-      ).then(doExport, globalErrorHandler);
+      return Promise.all(pendingResources).then(doExport, globalErrorHandler);
     }
   }