diff --git a/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.h b/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.h
index e0898d3e47..af41672647 100644
--- a/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.h
+++ b/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.h
@@ -356,9 +356,8 @@ class HttpClient : public opentelemetry::ext::http::client::HttpClient
   std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread_;
   std::chrono::milliseconds scheduled_delay_milliseconds_;
 
-  std::condition_variable background_thread_waiter_cv_;
-  std::mutex background_thread_waiter_lock_;
   std::chrono::milliseconds background_thread_wait_for_;
+  std::atomic<bool> is_shutdown;
 
   nostd::shared_ptr<HttpCurlGlobalInitializer> curl_global_initializer_;
 };
diff --git a/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc b/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
index e8d2b417cf..01e0578e38 100644
--- a/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
+++ b/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
@@ -191,13 +191,15 @@ HttpClient::HttpClient()
       scheduled_delay_milliseconds_{std::chrono::milliseconds(256)},
       background_thread_wait_for_{std::chrono::minutes{1}},
       curl_global_initializer_(HttpCurlGlobalInitializer::GetInstance())
-{}
+{
+  is_shutdown.store(false);
+}
 
 HttpClient::~HttpClient()
 {
+  is_shutdown.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
   while (true)
   {
-    background_thread_wait_for_ = std::chrono::milliseconds{0};
     std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread;
     {
       std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{background_thread_m_};
@@ -213,7 +215,6 @@ HttpClient::~HttpClient()
     }
     if (background_thread->joinable())
     {
-      background_thread_waiter_cv_.notify_all();
       background_thread->join();
     }
   }
@@ -239,7 +240,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::ext::http::client::Session> HttpClient::CreateSes
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{sessions_m_};
   sessions_.insert({session_id, session});
 
-  background_thread_waiter_cv_.notify_all();
   // FIXME: Session may leak if it do not call SendRequest
   return session;
 }
@@ -350,18 +350,28 @@ void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
   background_thread_.reset(new std::thread(
       [](HttpClient *self) {
         int still_running = 1;
+        std::chrono::system_clock::time_point last_free_job_timepoint =
+            std::chrono::system_clock::now();
         while (true)
         {
           CURLMsg *msg;
           int queued;
           CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(self->multi_handle_, &still_running);
+
+          std::chrono::system_clock::time_point now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+
+          auto wait_for = self->background_thread_wait_for_;
+          if (self->is_shutdown.load(std::memory_order_acquire))
+          {
+            wait_for = std::chrono::milliseconds{0};
+          }
           // According to https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_perform.html, when mc is not OK, we
           // can not curl_multi_perform it again
           if (mc != CURLM_OK)
           {
             self->resetMultiHandle();
           }
-          else if (still_running)
+          else if (still_running || now - last_free_job_timepoint < wait_for)
           {
         // curl_multi_poll is added from libcurl 7.66.0, before 7.68.0, we can only wait util
         // timeout to do the rest jobs
@@ -422,22 +432,11 @@ void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
 
           if (still_running > 0)
           {
+            last_free_job_timepoint = now;
             continue;
           }
 
-          // If there is no pending jobs, Exit flush thread if there is not data to flush more
-          // than one minute.
-          if (self->background_thread_wait_for_ != std::chrono::milliseconds{0})
-          {
-            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk{self->background_thread_waiter_lock_};
-            if (self->background_thread_waiter_cv_.wait_for(
-                    lk, self->background_thread_wait_for_) != std::cv_status::timeout)
-            {
-              continue;
-            }
-          }
-
-          if (still_running == 0)
+          if (still_running == 0 && now - last_free_job_timepoint > wait_for)
           {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{self->background_thread_m_};
             // Double check, make sure no more pending sessions after locking background thread
@@ -461,18 +460,16 @@ void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
               still_running = 1;
             }
 
-            if (still_running > 0)
-            {
-              continue;
-            }
-
             // If there is no pending jobs, we can stop the background thread.
-            if (self->background_thread_)
+            if (still_running == 0)
             {
-              self->background_thread_->detach();
-              self->background_thread_.reset();
+              if (self->background_thread_)
+              {
+                self->background_thread_->detach();
+                self->background_thread_.reset();
+              }
+              break;
             }
-            break;
           }
         }
       },
@@ -533,6 +530,7 @@ void HttpClient::SetBackgroundWaitFor(std::chrono::milliseconds ms)
 
 void HttpClient::WaitBackgroundThreadExit()
 {
+  is_shutdown.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
   std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread;
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{background_thread_m_};
@@ -541,12 +539,9 @@ void HttpClient::WaitBackgroundThreadExit()
 
   if (background_thread && background_thread->joinable())
   {
-    auto wait_for               = background_thread_wait_for_;
-    background_thread_wait_for_ = std::chrono::milliseconds{0};
-    background_thread_waiter_cv_.notify_all();
     background_thread->join();
-    background_thread_wait_for_ = wait_for;
   }
+  is_shutdown.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
 }
 
 void HttpClient::wakeupBackgroundThread()
@@ -560,7 +555,6 @@ void HttpClient::wakeupBackgroundThread()
     curl_multi_wakeup(multi_handle_);
   }
 #endif
-  background_thread_waiter_cv_.notify_all();
 }
 
 bool HttpClient::doAddSessions()