diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointMarshaler.java
index 071833954ad..36fcb76d33a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointMarshaler.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ protected void writeTo(Serializer output) throws IOException {
     output.serializeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.START_TIME_UNIX_NANO, startTimeUnixNano);
     output.serializeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.TIME_UNIX_NANO, timeUnixNano);
     output.serializeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.COUNT, count);
-    output.serializeDouble(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, sum);
+    output.serializeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, sum);
     if (hasMin) {
       output.serializeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.MIN, min);
     }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private static int calculateSize(
     size += MarshalerUtil.sizeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.TIME_UNIX_NANO, timeUnixNano);
     size += MarshalerUtil.sizeSInt32(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SCALE, scale);
     size += MarshalerUtil.sizeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.COUNT, count);
-    size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDouble(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, sum);
+    size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, sum);
     if (hasMin) {
       size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.MIN, min);
     }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
index bbf2a1d6881..bb4e9188e0b 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExponentialHistogramDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void writeTo(
         ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.START_TIME_UNIX_NANO, point.getStartEpochNanos());
     output.serializeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.TIME_UNIX_NANO, point.getEpochNanos());
     output.serializeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.COUNT, point.getCount());
-    output.serializeDouble(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, point.getSum());
+    output.serializeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, point.getSum());
     if (point.hasMin()) {
       output.serializeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.MIN, point.getMin());
     }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public int getBinarySerializedSize(
         MarshalerUtil.sizeFixed64(
             ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.TIME_UNIX_NANO, point.getEpochNanos());
     size += MarshalerUtil.sizeFixed64(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.COUNT, point.getCount());
-    size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDouble(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, point.getSum());
+    size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.SUM, point.getSum());
     if (point.hasMin()) {
       size += MarshalerUtil.sizeDoubleOptional(ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.MIN, point.getMin());
     }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/MetricsRequestMarshalerTest.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/MetricsRequestMarshalerTest.java
index 201034d167f..985e3429d7d 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/MetricsRequestMarshalerTest.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/MetricsRequestMarshalerTest.java
@@ -531,6 +531,42 @@ void exponentialHistogramDataPoints(MarshalerSource marshalerSource) {
                 .build());
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @EnumSource(MarshalerSource.class)
+  void exponentialHistogramZeroSum(MarshalerSource marshalerSource) {
+    assertThat(
+            toExponentialHistogramDataPoints(
+                marshalerSource,
+                ImmutableList.of(
+                    ImmutableExponentialHistogramPointData.create(
+                        0,
+                        0,
+                        0,
+                        /* hasMin= */ false,
+                        0,
+                        /* hasMax= */ false,
+                        0,
+                        ImmutableExponentialHistogramBuckets.create(0, 0, Collections.emptyList()),
+                        ImmutableExponentialHistogramBuckets.create(0, 0, Collections.emptyList()),
+                        123,
+                        456,
+                        Attributes.empty(),
+                        Collections.emptyList()))))
+        .containsExactly(
+            ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.newBuilder()
+                .setStartTimeUnixNano(123)
+                .setTimeUnixNano(456)
+                .setCount(0)
+                .setScale(0)
+                .setSum(0)
+                .setZeroCount(0)
+                .setPositive(
+                    ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.Buckets.newBuilder().setOffset(0)) // no buckets
+                .setNegative(
+                    ExponentialHistogramDataPoint.Buckets.newBuilder().setOffset(0)) // no buckets
+                .build());
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("PointlessArithmeticExpression")
   @ParameterizedTest
   @EnumSource(MarshalerSource.class)