diff --git a/examples/batch/main.cc b/examples/batch/main.cc
index 5c007dfbc7..3c9a168071 100644
--- a/examples/batch/main.cc
+++ b/examples/batch/main.cc
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ void initTracer()
   // We export `kNumSpans` after every `schedule_delay_millis` milliseconds.
   options.max_export_batch_size = kNumSpans;
 
+  opentelemetry::sdk::resource::ResourceAttributes attributes = {{"service", "test_service"},
+                                                                 {"version", (uint32_t)1}};
+  auto resource = opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource::Create(attributes);
+
   auto processor = std::unique_ptr<sdktrace::SpanProcessor>(
       new sdktrace::BatchSpanProcessor(std::move(exporter), options));
 
   auto provider = nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider>(
-      new sdktrace::TracerProvider(std::move(processor)));
+      new sdktrace::TracerProvider(std::move(processor), resource));
   // Set the global trace provider.
   opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
 }
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer.h
index 6aeb19fa57..fd9f2c8e8d 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer.h
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ class Tracer final : public trace_api::Tracer, public std::enable_shared_from_th
   Sampler &GetSampler() { return context_->GetSampler(); }
 
 private:
-  std::shared_ptr<sdk::trace::TracerContext> context_;
+  // order of declaration is important here - instrumentation library should destroy after
+  // tracer-context.
   std::shared_ptr<InstrumentationLibrary> instrumentation_library_;
+  std::shared_ptr<sdk::trace::TracerContext> context_;
 };
 }  // namespace trace
 }  // namespace sdk
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_context.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_context.h
index e4d968d2b0..572f60cafe 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_context.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_context.h
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ class TracerContext
   bool Shutdown() noexcept;
 
 private:
-  // This is an atomic pointer so we can adapt the processor pipeline dynamically.
-  std::unique_ptr<SpanProcessor> processor_;
+  //  order of declaration is important here - resource object should be destroyed after processor.
   opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource resource_;
   std::unique_ptr<Sampler> sampler_;
   std::unique_ptr<IdGenerator> id_generator_;
+  std::unique_ptr<SpanProcessor> processor_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace trace
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h
index bd131704d5..ec825b6e3c 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ class TracerProvider final : public opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider
   bool ForceFlush(std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept;
 
 private:
-  std::shared_ptr<sdk::trace::TracerContext> context_;
+  // order of declaration is important here - tracers should destroy only after context.
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Tracer>> tracers_;
+  std::shared_ptr<sdk::trace::TracerContext> context_;
   std::mutex lock_;
 };
 }  // namespace trace
diff --git a/sdk/src/trace/tracer.cc b/sdk/src/trace/tracer.cc
index c84d847bd9..977722d0ca 100644
--- a/sdk/src/trace/tracer.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/trace/tracer.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace trace
 
 Tracer::Tracer(std::shared_ptr<sdk::trace::TracerContext> context,
                std::unique_ptr<InstrumentationLibrary> instrumentation_library) noexcept
-    : context_{context}, instrumentation_library_{std::move(instrumentation_library)}
+    : instrumentation_library_{std::move(instrumentation_library)}, context_{context}
 {}
 
 nostd::shared_ptr<trace_api::Span> Tracer::StartSpan(
diff --git a/sdk/src/trace/tracer_context.cc b/sdk/src/trace/tracer_context.cc
index 196cecd6a0..eaab96154c 100644
--- a/sdk/src/trace/tracer_context.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/trace/tracer_context.cc
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ TracerContext::TracerContext(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SpanProcessor>> &&proce
                              opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource resource,
                              std::unique_ptr<Sampler> sampler,
                              std::unique_ptr<IdGenerator> id_generator) noexcept
-    : processor_(std::unique_ptr<SpanProcessor>(new MultiSpanProcessor(std::move(processors)))),
-      resource_(resource),
+    : resource_(resource),
       sampler_(std::move(sampler)),
-      id_generator_(std::move(id_generator))
+      id_generator_(std::move(id_generator)),
+      processor_(std::unique_ptr<SpanProcessor>(new MultiSpanProcessor(std::move(processors))))
 {}
 
 Sampler &TracerContext::GetSampler() const noexcept