diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error.go b/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9118d5e31fdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build !windows
+
+package loggingexporter
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// knownSyncError returns true if the given error is one of the known
+// non-actionable errors returned by Sync on Linux and macOS:
+//
+// Linux:
+// - sync /dev/stdout: invalid argument
+//
+// macOS:
+// - sync /dev/stdout: inappropriate ioctl for device
+//
+func knownSyncError(err error) bool {
+	switch err {
+	case syscall.EINVAL, syscall.ENOTSUP, syscall.ENOTTY:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error_windows.go b/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef26294c03ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/known_sync_error_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build windows
+
+package loggingexporter
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+
+// knownSyncError returns true if the given error is one of the known
+// non-actionable errors returned by Sync on Windows:
+//
+// - sync /dev/stderr: The handle is invalid.
+//
+func knownSyncError(err error) bool {
+	return err == windows.ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
+}
diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go b/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
index 75512d0381692..0b5379d951a8a 100644
--- a/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/logging_exporter.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -507,18 +506,12 @@ func (s *loggingExporter) pushLogData(
 
 func loggerSync(logger *zap.Logger) func(context.Context) error {
 	return func(context.Context) error {
-		// Currently Sync() on stdout and stderr return errors on Linux and macOS,
-		// respectively:
-		//
-		// - sync /dev/stdout: invalid argument
-		// - sync /dev/stdout: inappropriate ioctl for device
-		//
+		// Currently Sync() return a different error depending on the OS.
 		// Since these are not actionable ignore them.
 		err := logger.Sync()
 		if osErr, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
 			wrappedErr := osErr.Unwrap()
-			switch wrappedErr {
-			case syscall.EINVAL, syscall.ENOTSUP, syscall.ENOTTY:
+			if knownSyncError(wrappedErr) {
 				err = nil
 			}
 		}