diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender.go
index 41e885af0cf..f6369b778ca 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (qs *queueSender) consume(ctx context.Context, req Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if qs.queue.Offer(ctx, req) == nil {
+	if qs.queue.Offer(ctx, extractPartialRequest(req, err)) == nil {
 		qs.logger.Error(
 			"Exporting failed. Putting back to the end of the queue.",
 			zap.Error(err),
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender_test.go
index 7893b427019..0b76915d20d 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/queue_sender_test.go
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/obsreportconfig"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/obsreport/obsreporttest"
 )
 
@@ -240,8 +238,7 @@ func TestQueuedRetry_RequeuingEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 	})
 
-	traceErr := consumererror.NewTraces(errors.New("some error"), testdata.GenerateTraces(1))
-	mockR := newMockRequest(1, traceErr)
+	mockR := newMockRequest(4, errors.New("transient error"))
 	ocs.run(func() {
 		ocs.waitGroup.Add(1) // necessary because we'll call send() again after requeueing
 		// This is asynchronous so it should just enqueue, no errors expected.
@@ -251,8 +248,9 @@ func TestQueuedRetry_RequeuingEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// In the newMockConcurrentExporter we count requests and items even for failed requests
 	mockR.checkNumRequests(t, 2)
+	// ensure that only 1 item was sent which correspond to items count in the error returned by mockRequest.OnError()
 	ocs.checkSendItemsCount(t, 1)
-	ocs.checkDroppedItemsCount(t, 1) // not actually dropped, but ocs counts each failed send here
+	ocs.checkDroppedItemsCount(t, 4) // not actually dropped, but ocs counts each failed send here
 }
 
 // disabling retry sender should disable requeuing.
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/request.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/request.go
index 2c074f565ff..c29da3a10a3 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/request.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/request.go
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@ type RequestMarshaler func(req Request) ([]byte, error)
 // This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
 // until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
 type RequestUnmarshaler func(data []byte) (Request, error)
+
+// extractPartialRequest returns a new Request that may contain the items left to be sent
+// if only some items failed to process and can be retried. Otherwise, it returns the original Request.
+func extractPartialRequest(req Request, err error) Request {
+	if errReq, ok := req.(RequestErrorHandler); ok {
+		return errReq.OnError(err)
+	}
+	return req
+}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/retry_sender.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/retry_sender.go
index 3cb3f775a91..e1ffb7b9388 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/retry_sender.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/retry_sender.go
@@ -132,11 +132,7 @@ func (rs *retrySender) send(ctx context.Context, req Request) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// Give the request a chance to extract signal data to retry if only some data
-		// failed to process.
-		if errReq, ok := req.(RequestErrorHandler); ok {
-			req = errReq.OnError(err)
-		}
+		req = extractPartialRequest(req, err)
 
 		backoffDelay := expBackoff.NextBackOff()
 		if backoffDelay == backoff.Stop {