diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
index 0a3238d3561c..07ff35418c4a 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
@@ -98,19 +98,11 @@ func WithQueue(config QueueConfig) Option {
 			o.exportFailureMessage += " Try enabling sending_queue to survive temporary failures."
 			return nil
 		}
-		qf := exporterqueue.NewPersistentQueueFactory[Request](config.StorageID, exporterqueue.PersistentQueueSettings[Request]{
+		o.queueCfg = config
+		o.queueFactory = exporterqueue.NewPersistentQueueFactory[Request](config.StorageID, exporterqueue.PersistentQueueSettings[Request]{
 			Marshaler:   o.marshaler,
 			Unmarshaler: o.unmarshaler,
 		})
-		q := qf(context.Background(), exporterqueue.Settings{
-			DataType:         o.signal,
-			ExporterSettings: o.set,
-		}, exporterqueue.Config{
-			Enabled:      config.Enabled,
-			NumConsumers: config.NumConsumers,
-			QueueSize:    config.QueueSize,
-		})
-		o.queueSender = newQueueSender(q, o.set, config.NumConsumers, o.exportFailureMessage, o.obsrep)
 		return nil
 	}
 }
@@ -128,7 +120,7 @@ func WithRequestQueue(cfg exporterqueue.Config, queueFactory exporterqueue.Facto
 			o.exportFailureMessage += " Try enabling sending_queue to survive temporary failures."
 			return nil
 		}
-		o.queueCfg = cfg
+		o.exporterQueueCfg = cfg
 		o.queueFactory = queueFactory
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -233,7 +225,10 @@ type baseExporter struct {
 
 	consumerOptions []consumer.Option
 
-	queueCfg     exporterqueue.Config
+	// QueueConfig and exporterqueue.Config come in from different APIs.
+	queueCfg         QueueConfig
+	exporterQueueCfg exporterqueue.Config
+
 	queueFactory exporterqueue.Factory[Request]
 	batcherCfg   exporterbatcher.Config
 	batcherOpts  []BatcherOption
@@ -265,28 +260,42 @@ func newBaseExporter(set exporter.Settings, signal component.DataType, osf obsre
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if be.batcherCfg.Enabled {
-		bs := newBatchSender(be.batcherCfg, be.set, be.batchMergeFunc, be.batchMergeSplitfunc)
-		for _, opt := range be.batcherOpts {
-			err = multierr.Append(err, opt(bs))
-		}
-		if bs.mergeFunc == nil || bs.mergeSplitFunc == nil {
-			err = multierr.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("WithRequestBatchFuncs must be provided for the batcher applied to the request-based exporters"))
-		}
-		be.batchSender = bs
+	// Set up queue sender if queue is enabled
+	if be.marshaler != nil && be.unmarshaler != nil && be.queueCfg.Enabled {
+		q := be.queueFactory(context.Background(), exporterqueue.Settings{
+			DataType:         be.signal,
+			ExporterSettings: be.set,
+		}, exporterqueue.Config{
+			Enabled:      be.queueCfg.Enabled,
+			NumConsumers: be.queueCfg.NumConsumers,
+			QueueSize:    be.queueCfg.QueueSize,
+		})
+		be.queueSender = newQueueSender(q, be.set, be.queueCfg.NumConsumers, be.exportFailureMessage, be.obsrep)
 	}
 
-	if be.queueCfg.Enabled {
+	if be.marshaler == nil && be.unmarshaler == nil && be.exporterQueueCfg.Enabled {
 		set := exporterqueue.Settings{
 			DataType:         be.signal,
 			ExporterSettings: be.set,
 		}
-		be.queueSender = newQueueSender(be.queueFactory(context.Background(), set, be.queueCfg), be.set, be.queueCfg.NumConsumers, be.exportFailureMessage, be.obsrep)
+		be.queueSender = newQueueSender(be.queueFactory(context.Background(), set, be.exporterQueueCfg), be.set, be.exporterQueueCfg.NumConsumers, be.exportFailureMessage, be.obsrep)
 		for _, op := range options {
 			err = multierr.Append(err, op(be))
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Set up batch sender if batching is enabled
+	if be.batcherCfg.Enabled {
+		bs := newBatchSender(be.batcherCfg, be.set, be.batchMergeFunc, be.batchMergeSplitfunc)
+		for _, opt := range be.batcherOpts {
+			err = multierr.Append(err, opt(bs))
+		}
+		if bs.mergeFunc == nil || bs.mergeSplitFunc == nil {
+			err = multierr.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("WithRequestBatchFuncs must be provided for the batcher applied to the request-based exporters"))
+		}
+		be.batchSender = bs
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}