diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
index a3094d6a2c43..dd3426cdc2e9 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric.go
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ type metricInfo struct {
 }
 
 // addToGroupedMetric processes OT metrics and adds them into GroupedMetric buckets
-func addToGroupedMetric(pmd pmetric.Metric, groupedMetrics map[any]*groupedMetric, metadata cWMetricMetadata, patternReplaceSucceeded bool, logger *zap.Logger, descriptor map[string]MetricDescriptor, config *Config, calculators *emfCalculators) error {
-
-	dps := getDataPoints(pmd, metadata, logger)
+func addToGroupedMetric(
+	pmd pmetric.Metric,
+	groupedMetrics map[any]*groupedMetric,
+	metadata cWMetricMetadata,
+	patternReplaceSucceeded bool,
+	descriptor map[string]MetricDescriptor,
+	config *Config,
+	calculators *emfCalculators,
+) error {
+
+	dps := getDataPoints(pmd, metadata, config.logger)
 	if dps == nil || dps.Len() == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ func addToGroupedMetric(pmd pmetric.Metric, groupedMetrics map[any]*groupedMetri
 			if _, ok := groupedMetrics[groupKey]; ok {
 				// if MetricName already exists in metrics map, print warning log
 				if _, ok := groupedMetrics[groupKey].metrics[dp.name]; ok {
-					logger.Warn(
+					config.logger.Warn(
 						"Duplicate metric found",
 						zap.String("Name", dp.name),
 						zap.Any("Labels", labels),
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
index ca6483b9303e..dbbb7dfb1c97 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/grouped_metric_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	namespace := "namespace"
 	instrumentationLibName := "cloudwatch-otel"
 	timestamp := time.Now().UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond)
-	logger := zap.NewNop()
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name               string
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 			for i := 0; i < metrics.Len(); i++ {
 				err := addToGroupedMetric(metrics.At(i), groupedMetrics,
 					generateTestMetricMetadata(namespace, timestamp, logGroup, logStreamName, instrumentationLibName, metrics.At(i).Type()),
-					true, zap.NewNop(),
+					true,
 					nil,
 					testCfg,
 					emfCalcs)
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 				groupedMetrics,
 				generateTestMetricMetadata(namespace, timestamp, logGroup, logStreamName, instrumentationLibName, metrics.At(i).Type()),
 				true,
-				logger,
 				nil,
 				testCfg,
 				emfCalcs)
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 				groupedMetrics,
 				generateTestMetricMetadata(namespace, timestamp, logGroup, logStreamName, instrumentationLibName, metrics.At(i).Type()),
 				true,
-				logger,
 				nil,
 				testCfg,
 				emfCalcs)
@@ -277,7 +274,7 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		err := addToGroupedMetric(metric,
 			groupedMetrics,
 			metricMetadata1,
-			true, logger,
+			true,
 			nil,
 			testCfg,
 			emfCalcs)
@@ -290,7 +287,7 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 			instrumentationLibName,
 			metric.Type(),
 		)
-		err = addToGroupedMetric(metric, groupedMetrics, metricMetadata2, true, logger, nil, testCfg, emfCalcs)
+		err = addToGroupedMetric(metric, groupedMetrics, metricMetadata2, true, nil, testCfg, emfCalcs)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Len(t, groupedMetrics, 2)
@@ -338,13 +335,13 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 2, metrics.Len())
 
 		obs, logs := observer.New(zap.WarnLevel)
-		obsLogger := zap.New(obs)
+		testCfg.logger = zap.New(obs)
 
 		for i := 0; i < metrics.Len(); i++ {
 			err := addToGroupedMetric(metrics.At(i),
 				groupedMetrics,
 				generateTestMetricMetadata(namespace, timestamp, logGroup, logStreamName, instrumentationLibName, metrics.At(i).Type()),
-				true, obsLogger,
+				true,
 				nil,
 				testCfg,
 				emfCalcs,
@@ -382,12 +379,11 @@ func TestAddToGroupedMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		metric.SetUnit("Count")
 
 		obs, logs := observer.New(zap.WarnLevel)
-		obsLogger := zap.New(obs)
+		testCfg.logger = zap.New(obs)
 		err := addToGroupedMetric(metric,
 			groupedMetrics,
 			generateTestMetricMetadata(namespace, timestamp, logGroup, logStreamName, instrumentationLibName, pmetric.MetricTypeEmpty),
 			true,
-			obsLogger,
 			nil,
 			testCfg,
 			emfCalcs,
@@ -460,14 +456,12 @@ func BenchmarkAddToGroupedMetric(b *testing.B) {
 	metrics := rms.At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Metrics()
 	numMetrics := metrics.Len()
 
-	logger := zap.NewNop()
-
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		groupedMetrics := make(map[any]*groupedMetric)
 		for i := 0; i < numMetrics; i++ {
 			metadata := generateTestMetricMetadata("namespace", int64(1596151098037), "log-group", "log-stream", "cloudwatch-otel", metrics.At(i).Type())
-			err := addToGroupedMetric(metrics.At(i), groupedMetrics, metadata, true, logger, nil, testCfg, emfCalcs)
+			err := addToGroupedMetric(metrics.At(i), groupedMetrics, metadata, true, nil, testCfg, emfCalcs)
 			assert.Nil(b, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
index fbd601a33725..26aba7bd368e 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (mt metricTranslator) translateOTelToGroupedMetric(rm pmetric.ResourceMetri
 				instrumentationScopeName: instrumentationScopeName,
 				receiver:                 metricReceiver,
 			}
-			err := addToGroupedMetric(metric, groupedMetrics, metadata, patternReplaceSucceeded, config.logger, mt.metricDescriptor, config, mt.calculators)
+			err := addToGroupedMetric(metric, groupedMetrics, metadata, patternReplaceSucceeded, mt.metricDescriptor, config, mt.calculators)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}