diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
index 0c973d131b4..dcdb573f2a9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporter.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console
 {
-    public class ConsoleExporter : ActivityExporter
+    public class ConsoleExporter : ActivityExporterSync
     {
         private readonly JsonSerializerOptions serializerOptions;
-        private bool displayAsJson;
+        private readonly bool displayAsJson;
 
         public ConsoleExporter(ConsoleExporterOptions options)
         {
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ public ConsoleExporter(ConsoleExporterOptions options)
             this.serializerOptions.Converters.Add(new ActivityTraceIdConverter());
         }
 
-        public override Task<ExportResult> ExportAsync(IEnumerable<Activity> activityBatch, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public override ExportResultSync Export(IEnumerable<Activity> batch)
         {
-            foreach (var activity in activityBatch)
+            foreach (var activity in batch)
             {
                 if (this.displayAsJson)
                 {
@@ -127,12 +127,7 @@ public override Task<ExportResult> ExportAsync(IEnumerable<Activity> activityBat
                 }
             }
 
-            return Task.FromResult(ExportResult.Success);
-        }
-
-        public override Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
+            return ExportResultSync.Success;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporterHelperExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporterHelperExtensions.cs
index 897e073d9a9..0f2e38693aa 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporterHelperExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleExporterHelperExtensions.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public static TracerProviderBuilder AddConsoleExporter(this TracerProviderBuilde
 
             var options = new ConsoleExporterOptions();
             configure?.Invoke(options);
-            return builder.AddProcessor(new SimpleActivityProcessor(new ConsoleExporter(options)));
+            return builder.AddProcessor(new SimpleExportActivityProcessor(new ConsoleExporter(options)));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs
index f2bcb97c910..7d6954b6dfa 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ActivityExporterSync.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class ActivityExporterSync : IDisposable
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="batch">Batch of activities to export.</param>
         /// <returns>Result of export.</returns>
-        public abstract ExportResult Export(IEnumerable<Activity> batch);
+        public abstract ExportResultSync Export(IEnumerable<Activity> batch);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Shuts down the exporter.
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f549ae070c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// <copyright file="ReentrantExportActivityProcessor.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using OpenTelemetry.Internal;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Implements activity processor that exports <see cref="Activity"/> at each OnEnd call without synchronization.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ReentrantExportActivityProcessor : ActivityProcessor
+    {
+        private readonly ActivityExporterSync exporter;
+        private bool stopped;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReentrantExportActivityProcessor"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="exporter">Activity exporter instance.</param>
+        public ReentrantExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporterSync exporter)
+        {
+            this.exporter = exporter ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(exporter));
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void OnEnd(Activity activity)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // TODO: avoid heap allocation
+                _ = this.exporter.Export(new[] { activity });
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.Log.SpanProcessorException(nameof(this.OnEnd), ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (!this.stopped)
+            {
+                this.exporter.Shutdown();
+                this.stopped = true;
+            }
+
+#if NET452
+            return Task.FromResult(0);
+#else
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+#endif
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Releases the unmanaged resources used by this class and optionally releases the managed resources.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="disposing"><see langword="true"/> to release both managed and unmanaged resources; <see langword="false"/> to release only unmanaged resources.</param>
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+
+            if (disposing)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    this.exporter.Dispose();
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.Log.SpanProcessorException(nameof(this.Dispose), ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
index ae103d41cf1..2eb536ed654 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Trace/SimpleExportActivityProcessor.cs
@@ -23,70 +23,27 @@
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Implements simple activity processor that exports activities in OnEnd call without batching.
+    /// Implements activity processor that exports <see cref="Activity"/> at each OnEnd call.
     /// </summary>
-    public class SimpleExportActivityProcessor : ActivityProcessor
+    public class SimpleExportActivityProcessor : ReentrantExportActivityProcessor
     {
-        private readonly ActivityExporterSync exporter;
-        private bool stopped;
+        private readonly object lck = new object();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SimpleExportActivityProcessor"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="exporter">Activity exporter instance.</param>
         public SimpleExportActivityProcessor(ActivityExporterSync exporter)
+            : base(exporter)
         {
-            this.exporter = exporter ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(exporter));
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override void OnEnd(Activity activity)
         {
-            try
+            lock (this.lck)
             {
-                // TODO: avoid heap allocation
-                _ = this.exporter.Export(new[] { activity });
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.Log.SpanProcessorException(nameof(this.OnEnd), ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            if (!this.stopped)
-            {
-                this.exporter.Shutdown();
-                this.stopped = true;
-            }
-
-#if NET452
-            return Task.FromResult(0);
-#else
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-#endif
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Releases the unmanaged resources used by this class and optionally releases the managed resources.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="disposing"><see langword="true"/> to release both managed and unmanaged resources; <see langword="false"/> to release only unmanaged resources.</param>
-        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
-        {
-            base.Dispose(disposing);
-
-            if (disposing)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    this.exporter.Dispose();
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    OpenTelemetrySdkEventSource.Log.SpanProcessorException(nameof(this.Dispose), ex);
-                }
+                base.OnEnd(activity);
             }
         }
     }