diff --git a/exporters/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapter.java b/exporters/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapter.java
index 104a8380bb4..26160c8403d 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapter.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapter.java
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ static List<ResourceMetrics> toProtoResourceMetrics(Collection<MetricData> metri
       groupByResourceAndLibrary(Collection<MetricData> metricDataList) {
     Map<Resource, Map<InstrumentationLibraryInfo, List<Metric>>> result = new HashMap<>();
     for (MetricData metricData : metricDataList) {
+      if (metricData.getPoints().isEmpty()) {
+        // If no points available then ignore.
+        continue;
+      }
+
       Resource resource = metricData.getResource();
       Map<InstrumentationLibraryInfo, List<Metric>> libraryInfoListMap =
           result.get(metricData.getResource());
@@ -92,10 +97,6 @@ static Metric toProtoMetric(MetricData metricData) {
             .setName(metricData.getName())
             .setDescription(metricData.getDescription())
             .setUnit(metricData.getUnit());
-    // If no points available then return.
-    if (metricData.getPoints().isEmpty()) {
-      return builder.build();
-    }
 
     boolean monotonic = false;
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapterTest.java b/exporters/otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapterTest.java
index fffc8905179..485595cd427 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapterTest.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/MetricAdapterTest.java
@@ -468,8 +468,26 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
         InstrumentationLibrary.newBuilder().setName("name").setVersion("version").build();
     InstrumentationLibrary emptyInstrumentationLibraryProto =
         InstrumentationLibrary.newBuilder().setName("").setVersion("").build();
-    Metric metricNoPoints =
-        Metric.newBuilder().setName("name").setDescription("description").setUnit("1").build();
+    Metric metricDoubleSum =
+        Metric.newBuilder()
+            .setName("name")
+            .setDescription("description")
+            .setUnit("1")
+            .setDoubleSum(
+                DoubleSum.newBuilder()
+                    .setIsMonotonic(true)
+                    .setAggregationTemporality(AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_CUMULATIVE)
+                    .addDataPoints(
+                        DoubleDataPoint.newBuilder()
+                            .setStartTimeUnixNano(123)
+                            .setTimeUnixNano(456)
+                            .addAllLabels(
+                                singletonList(
+                                    StringKeyValue.newBuilder().setKey("k").setValue("v").build()))
+                            .setValue(5.0)
+                            .build())
+                    .build())
+            .build();
 
     assertThat(
             MetricAdapter.toProtoResourceMetrics(
@@ -481,7 +499,8 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                         "description",
                         "1",
                         MetricData.Type.MONOTONIC_DOUBLE,
-                        Collections.emptyList()),
+                        Collections.singletonList(
+                            MetricData.DoublePoint.create(123, 456, Labels.of("k", "v"), 5.0))),
                     MetricData.create(
                         resource,
                         instrumentationLibraryInfo,
@@ -489,7 +508,8 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                         "description",
                         "1",
                         MetricData.Type.MONOTONIC_DOUBLE,
-                        Collections.emptyList()),
+                        Collections.singletonList(
+                            MetricData.DoublePoint.create(123, 456, Labels.of("k", "v"), 5.0))),
                     MetricData.create(
                         Resource.getEmpty(),
                         instrumentationLibraryInfo,
@@ -497,7 +517,8 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                         "description",
                         "1",
                         MetricData.Type.MONOTONIC_DOUBLE,
-                        Collections.emptyList()),
+                        Collections.singletonList(
+                            MetricData.DoublePoint.create(123, 456, Labels.of("k", "v"), 5.0))),
                     MetricData.create(
                         Resource.getEmpty(),
                         InstrumentationLibraryInfo.getEmpty(),
@@ -505,7 +526,8 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                         "description",
                         "1",
                         MetricData.Type.MONOTONIC_DOUBLE,
-                        Collections.emptyList()))))
+                        Collections.singletonList(
+                            MetricData.DoublePoint.create(123, 456, Labels.of("k", "v"), 5.0))))))
         .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
             ResourceMetrics.newBuilder()
                 .setResource(resourceProto)
@@ -513,7 +535,7 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                     singletonList(
                         InstrumentationLibraryMetrics.newBuilder()
                             .setInstrumentationLibrary(instrumentationLibraryProto)
-                            .addAllMetrics(ImmutableList.of(metricNoPoints, metricNoPoints))
+                            .addAllMetrics(ImmutableList.of(metricDoubleSum, metricDoubleSum))
                             .build()))
                 .build(),
             ResourceMetrics.newBuilder()
@@ -522,11 +544,11 @@ void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
                     ImmutableList.of(
                         InstrumentationLibraryMetrics.newBuilder()
                             .setInstrumentationLibrary(emptyInstrumentationLibraryProto)
-                            .addAllMetrics(singletonList(metricNoPoints))
+                            .addAllMetrics(singletonList(metricDoubleSum))
                             .build(),
                         InstrumentationLibraryMetrics.newBuilder()
                             .setInstrumentationLibrary(instrumentationLibraryProto)
-                            .addAllMetrics(singletonList(metricNoPoints))
+                            .addAllMetrics(singletonList(metricDoubleSum))
                             .build()))
                 .build());
   }