diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_span_processor.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_span_processor.rb
index 543d95e09..7a83f3282 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_span_processor.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_span_processor.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def on_finish(span) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
               n = spans.size + 1 - max_queue_size
               spans.shift(n) if n.positive?
               spans << span
-              @condition.signal if spans.size > max_queue_size / 2
+              @condition.signal if spans.size > batch_size
             end
           end