diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 7effbe6adf7..28b78539210 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
+* fix(sdk-logs): stop `Logger.emit()` doing work (record construction, metrics, processor `onEmit`) after the `LoggerProvider` has shut down [#6826](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6826) @anneheartrecord
 * fix(sdk-node): pass all config properties (endpoint, headers, timeout, TLS, compression, temporality preference, default histogram aggregation) to OTLP metric exporters in declarative config [#6814](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6814) @MikeGoldsmith
 * fix(sdk-logs): default BatchLogRecordProcessor `scheduleDelayMillis` is 1000 [#6796](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6796) @trentm
 * fix(configuration): percent-decode keys and values in `resource.attributes_list` per spec [#6787](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6787) @MikeGoldsmith
diff --git a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/Logger.ts b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/Logger.ts
index 985d5a2edd9..b8019d0ab85 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/Logger.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/Logger.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ export class Logger implements ILogger {
     severityNumber?: SeverityNumber;
     eventName?: string;
   }): boolean {
+    if (this._sharedState.hasShutdown) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     const loggerConfig = this._loggerConfig;
 
     if (loggerConfig.disabled) {
diff --git a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/LoggerProvider.ts b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/LoggerProvider.ts
index 969bfaa779e..545b6e05b6e 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/LoggerProvider.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/LoggerProvider.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export class LoggerProvider implements ILoggerProvider {
   }
 
   private _shutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    this._sharedState.hasShutdown = true;
     return this._sharedState.activeProcessor.shutdown();
   }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/internal/LoggerProviderSharedState.ts b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/internal/LoggerProviderSharedState.ts
index bd7c13037a0..4920810b33a 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/internal/LoggerProviderSharedState.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/src/internal/LoggerProviderSharedState.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class LoggerProviderSharedState {
   readonly logRecordLimits: Required<LogRecordLimits>;
   readonly processors: LogRecordProcessor[];
   readonly loggerMetrics: LoggerMetrics;
+  hasShutdown = false;
   private _loggerConfigurator: LoggerConfigurator;
   private _loggerConfigs: Map<string, Required<LoggerConfig>> = new Map();
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/test/common/Logger.test.ts b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/test/common/Logger.test.ts
index 58524eed044..31a1b72134b 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/test/common/Logger.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/sdk-logs/test/common/Logger.test.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,49 @@ describe('Logger', () => {
       assert.ok(callSpy.called);
     });
 
+    it('should not do any work when emitting after the LoggerProvider has shut down', async () => {
+      const { logger, loggerProvider, logProcessor } =
+        setupLoggerProvider('simple');
+      const onEmitSpy = sinon.spy(logProcessor, 'onEmit');
+      const makeReadonlySpy = sinon.spy(
+        LogRecordImpl.prototype,
+        '_makeReadonly'
+      );
+
+      try {
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          logger.enabled(),
+          true,
+          'sanity: logger should be enabled before shutdown'
+        );
+
+        await loggerProvider.shutdown();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          logger.enabled(),
+          false,
+          'enabled() should report false after the provider has shut down'
+        );
+
+        logger.emit({
+          body: 'log body emitted after shutdown',
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          onEmitSpy.called,
+          false,
+          'processor.onEmit should not be called after the provider has shut down'
+        );
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          makeReadonlySpy.called,
+          false,
+          'no LogRecord should be constructed after the provider has shut down'
+        );
+      } finally {
+        makeReadonlySpy.restore();
+      }
+    });
+
     it('should make log record instance readonly after emit it', () => {
       const { logger } = setupLoggerProvider('simple');
       const makeOnlySpy = sinon.spy(LogRecordImpl.prototype, '_makeReadonly');