diff --git a/exporter/awskinesisexporter/internal/batch/encode_marshaler.go b/exporter/awskinesisexporter/internal/batch/encode_marshaler.go
index 5473610d5ce2..d1b9648b18cb 100644
--- a/exporter/awskinesisexporter/internal/batch/encode_marshaler.go
+++ b/exporter/awskinesisexporter/internal/batch/encode_marshaler.go
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ func (bm *batchMarshaller) Logs(ld plog.Logs) (*Batch, error) {
 			if errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedEncoding) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewLogs(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewLogs(err, export))
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if err := bt.AddRecord(data, bm.partitioner(export)); err != nil {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewLogs(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewLogs(err, export))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ func (bm *batchMarshaller) Traces(td ptrace.Traces) (*Batch, error) {
 			if errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedEncoding) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewTraces(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewTraces(err, export))
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if err := bt.AddRecord(data, bm.partitioner(span)); err != nil {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewTraces(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewTraces(err, export))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ func (bm *batchMarshaller) Metrics(md pmetric.Metrics) (*Batch, error) {
 			if errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedEncoding) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewMetrics(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewMetrics(err, export))
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if err := bt.AddRecord(data, bm.partitioner(export)); err != nil {
-			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewMetrics(err, export.Clone()))
+			errs = multierr.Append(errs, consumererror.NewMetrics(err, export))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/resourcetotelemetry/resource_to_telemetry.go b/pkg/resourcetotelemetry/resource_to_telemetry.go
index b5bfa85b4281..d36b425b0ed8 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcetotelemetry/resource_to_telemetry.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcetotelemetry/resource_to_telemetry.go
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ func WrapMetricsExporter(set Settings, exporter component.MetricsExporter) compo
 }
 
 func convertToMetricsAttributes(md pmetric.Metrics) pmetric.Metrics {
-	cloneMd := md.Clone()
+	cloneMd := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	md.CopyTo(cloneMd)
 	rms := cloneMd.ResourceMetrics()
 	for i := 0; i < rms.Len(); i++ {
 		resource := rms.At(i).Resource()