diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
index 0499db15c8f..841942daa00 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Defaults for BatchSpanProcessorOptions.
@@ -158,16 +159,16 @@ type forceFlushSpan struct {
 	flushed chan struct{}
 }
 
+func (f forceFlushSpan) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
+	return trace.NewSpanContext(trace.SpanContextConfig{TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled})
+}
+
 // ForceFlush exports all ended spans that have not yet been exported.
 func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) ForceFlush(ctx context.Context) error {
 	var err error
 	if bsp.e != nil {
 		flushCh := make(chan struct{})
-		select {
-		case bsp.queue <- forceFlushSpan{flushed: flushCh}:
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		}
+		bsp.enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(ctx, forceFlushSpan{flushed: flushCh}, true)
 
 		select {
 		case <-flushCh:
@@ -319,6 +320,10 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) drainQueue() {
 }
 
 func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueue(sd ReadOnlySpan) {
+	bsp.enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(context.TODO(), sd, bsp.o.BlockOnQueueFull)
+}
+
+func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(ctx context.Context, sd ReadOnlySpan, block bool) {
 	if !sd.SpanContext().IsSampled() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -344,9 +349,13 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueue(sd ReadOnlySpan) {
 	default:
 	}
 
-	if bsp.o.BlockOnQueueFull {
-		bsp.queue <- sd
-		return
+	if block {
+		select {
+		case bsp.queue <- sd:
+			return
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	select {