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 ccb530b7a..afa0b2578 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/__init__.py
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ class JaegerSpanExporter(SpanExporter):
 
         if self.collector is not None:
             self.collector.submit(batch)
-        else:
-            self.agent_client.emit(batch)
+        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 a8809f88a..7b3916c5b 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 @@ class TestJaegerSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
         exporter._collector = collector_mock
 
         exporter.export((self._test_span,))
-        self.assertEqual(agent_client_mock.emit.call_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(agent_client_mock.emit.call_count, 2)
         self.assertEqual(collector_mock.submit.call_count, 1)
 
     def test_agent_client(self):