diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/MetricExportBatcher.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/MetricExportBatcher.java
index 4db7d2ec0cb..4cad60bad5a 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/MetricExportBatcher.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/MetricExportBatcher.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Collection<Collection<MetricData>> batchMetrics(Collection<MetricData> metrics)
       return Collections.emptyList();
     }
     Collection<Collection<MetricData>> preparedBatchesForExport = new ArrayList<>();
-    Collection<MetricData> currentBatch = new ArrayList<>(maxExportBatchSize);
+    BatchState currentBatch = new BatchState(new ArrayList<>(maxExportBatchSize), 0);
 
     // Fill active batch and split overlapping metric points if needed
     for (MetricData metricData : metrics) {
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ Collection<Collection<MetricData>> batchMetrics(Collection<MetricData> metrics)
     }
 
     // Push trailing capacity block
-    if (!currentBatch.isEmpty()) {
-      preparedBatchesForExport.add(currentBatch);
+    if (!currentBatch.metrics.isEmpty()) {
+      preparedBatchesForExport.add(currentBatch.metrics);
     }
     return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(preparedBatchesForExport);
   }
@@ -92,16 +92,13 @@ Collection<Collection<MetricData>> batchMetrics(Collection<MetricData> metrics)
    * @return A result containing the prepared batches and the last in-progress batch.
    */
   private MetricDataSplitOperationResult prepareExportBatches(
-      MetricData metricData, Collection<MetricData> currentBatch) {
-    int currentBatchPoints = 0;
-    for (MetricData m : currentBatch) {
-      currentBatchPoints += m.getData().getPoints().size();
-    }
-    int remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch = maxExportBatchSize - currentBatchPoints;
+      MetricData metricData, BatchState currentBatch) {
+    int remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch = maxExportBatchSize - currentBatch.points;
     int totalPointsInMetricData = metricData.getData().getPoints().size();
 
     if (remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch >= totalPointsInMetricData) {
-      currentBatch.add(metricData);
+      currentBatch.metrics.add(metricData);
+      currentBatch.points += totalPointsInMetricData;
       return new MetricDataSplitOperationResult(Collections.emptyList(), currentBatch);
     } else {
       // Remaining capacity can't hold all points, partition existing metric data object
@@ -114,15 +111,16 @@ private MetricDataSplitOperationResult prepareExportBatches(
             Math.min(totalPointsInMetricData - currentIndex, remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch);
 
         if (pointsToTake > 0) {
-          currentBatch.add(
+          currentBatch.metrics.add(
               copyMetricData(metricData, originalPointsList, currentIndex, pointsToTake));
+          currentBatch.points += pointsToTake;
           currentIndex += pointsToTake;
           remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch -= pointsToTake;
         }
 
         if (remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch == 0) {
-          preparedBatches.add(currentBatch);
-          currentBatch = new ArrayList<>(maxExportBatchSize);
+          preparedBatches.add(currentBatch.metrics);
+          currentBatch = new BatchState(new ArrayList<>(maxExportBatchSize), 0);
           remainingCapacityInCurrentBatch = maxExportBatchSize;
         }
       }
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ private static MetricData createMetricDataWithPoints(
    */
   private static class MetricDataSplitOperationResult {
     private final Collection<Collection<MetricData>> preparedBatches;
-    private final Collection<MetricData> lastInProgressBatch;
+    private final BatchState lastInProgressBatch;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new MetricDataSplitOperationResult.
@@ -245,8 +243,7 @@ private static class MetricDataSplitOperationResult {
      *     than {@link #maxExportBatchSize} points.
      */
     MetricDataSplitOperationResult(
-        Collection<Collection<MetricData>> preparedBatches,
-        Collection<MetricData> lastInProgressBatch) {
+        Collection<Collection<MetricData>> preparedBatches, BatchState lastInProgressBatch) {
       this.preparedBatches = preparedBatches;
       this.lastInProgressBatch = lastInProgressBatch;
     }
@@ -255,8 +252,29 @@ Collection<Collection<MetricData>> getPreparedBatches() {
       return preparedBatches;
     }
 
-    Collection<MetricData> getLastInProgressBatch() {
+    BatchState getLastInProgressBatch() {
       return lastInProgressBatch;
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Tracks the active batch while batching stays linear: {@code metrics} is the current export
+   * payload being assembled and {@code points} is its running point count, so callers do not need
+   * to rescan the batch on every append.
+   */
+  private static final class BatchState {
+    private final Collection<MetricData> metrics;
+    private int points;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the mutable state for the current in-progress batch.
+     *
+     * @param metrics metric entries collected into the current export batch
+     * @param points running total of data points across {@code metrics}
+     */
+    private BatchState(Collection<MetricData> metrics, int points) {
+      this.metrics = metrics;
+      this.points = points;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/PeriodicMetricReaderTest.java b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/PeriodicMetricReaderTest.java
index d7bced887bd..8313cec51c1 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/PeriodicMetricReaderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/PeriodicMetricReaderTest.java
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ void periodicExport_SequentialBatches_PartialFailure() throws Exception {
 
       batch3Result.succeed();
 
-      // Flush result should still be success
+      // Failed export results are logged, but forceFlush preserves the prior partial-success
+      // behavior.
       assertThat(flushResult.join(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).isSuccess()).isTrue();
 
       boolean logFound =