diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
index 597b012a49a..d36588130d3 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from os import environ
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence
-from time import sleep
 
 import requests
 
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
-    _create_exp_backoff_generator,
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common.exporter import (
+    RetryableExportError,
+    RetryingExporter,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._log_encoder import encode_logs
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def __init__(
                 {"Content-Encoding": self._compression.value}
             )
         self._shutdown = False
+        self._exporter = RetryingExporter(self._export, LogExportResult)
 
     def _export(self, serialized_data: bytes):
         data = serialized_data
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def _export(self, serialized_data: bytes):
         elif self._compression == Compression.Deflate:
             data = zlib.compress(serialized_data)
 
-        return self._session.post(
+        resp = self._session.post(
             url=self._endpoint,
             data=data,
             verify=self._certificate_file,
@@ -143,6 +144,23 @@ def _export(self, serialized_data: bytes):
             cert=self._client_cert,
         )
 
+        if resp.ok:
+            return LogExportResult.SUCCESS
+
+        if self._retryable(resp):
+            _logger.warning(
+                "Transient error %s encountered while exporting logs batch.",
+                resp.reason,
+            )
+            raise RetryableExportError(None)
+
+        _logger.error(
+            "Failed to export logs batch code: %s, reason: %s",
+            resp.status_code,
+            resp.text,
+        )
+        return LogExportResult.FAILURE
+
     @staticmethod
     def _retryable(resp: requests.Response) -> bool:
         if resp.status_code == 408:
@@ -159,34 +177,7 @@ def export(self, batch: Sequence[LogData]) -> LogExportResult:
             return LogExportResult.FAILURE
 
         serialized_data = encode_logs(batch).SerializeToString()
-
-        for delay in _create_exp_backoff_generator(
-            max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT
-        ):
-
-            if delay == self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT:
-                return LogExportResult.FAILURE
-
-            resp = self._export(serialized_data)
-            # pylint: disable=no-else-return
-            if resp.ok:
-                return LogExportResult.SUCCESS
-            elif self._retryable(resp):
-                _logger.warning(
-                    "Transient error %s encountered while exporting logs batch, retrying in %ss.",
-                    resp.reason,
-                    delay,
-                )
-                sleep(delay)
-                continue
-            else:
-                _logger.error(
-                    "Failed to export logs batch code: %s, reason: %s",
-                    resp.status_code,
-                    resp.text,
-                )
-                return LogExportResult.FAILURE
-        return LogExportResult.FAILURE
+        return self._exporter.export_with_retry(serialized_data)
 
     def force_flush(self, timeout_millis: float = 10_000) -> bool:
         """Nothing is buffered in this exporter, so this method does nothing."""
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
index f5606794620..d2e443580aa 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def test_exported_log_without_span_id(self):
             self.fail("No log records found")
 
     @responses.activate
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http._log_exporter.sleep")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common.exporter.sleep")
     def test_exponential_backoff(self, mock_sleep):
         # return a retryable error
         responses.add(
@@ -358,12 +358,14 @@ def _get_sdk_log_data() -> List[LogData]:
 
         return [log1, log2, log3, log4]
 
-    @patch.object(OTLPLogExporter, "_export", return_value=Mock(ok=True))
-    def test_2xx_status_code(self, mock_otlp_metric_exporter):
+    def test_2xx_status_code(self):
         """
         Test that any HTTP 2XX code returns a successful result
         """
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            OTLPLogExporter().export(MagicMock()), LogExportResult.SUCCESS
+            OTLPLogExporter(
+                session=Mock(**{"post.return_value": Mock(ok=True)})
+            ).export(MagicMock()),
+            LogExportResult.SUCCESS,
         )