diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py
index afa0b2578f7..ccb530b7a17 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ def export(self, spans):
 
         if self.collector is not None:
             self.collector.submit(batch)
-        self.agent_client.emit(batch)
+        else:
+            self.agent_client.emit(batch)
 
         return SpanExportResult.SUCCESS
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_exporter.py
index 7b3916c5b95..a8809f88aaf 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/tests/test_jaeger_exporter.py
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def test_export(self):
         exporter._collector = collector_mock
 
         exporter.export((self._test_span,))
-        self.assertEqual(agent_client_mock.emit.call_count, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(agent_client_mock.emit.call_count, 1)
         self.assertEqual(collector_mock.submit.call_count, 1)
 
     def test_agent_client(self):