diff --git a/connector/routingconnector/logs.go b/connector/routingconnector/logs.go
index 95012465aab1..dca421b74f9d 100644
--- a/connector/routingconnector/logs.go
+++ b/connector/routingconnector/logs.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector/internal/plogutil"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/ottl"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/ottl/contexts/ottlresource"
 )
@@ -60,6 +61,49 @@ func (c *logsConnector) Capabilities() consumer.Capabilities {
 }
 
 func (c *logsConnector) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+	if c.config.MatchOnce {
+		return c.switchLogs(ctx, ld)
+	}
+	return c.matchAll(ctx, ld)
+}
+
+// switchLogs removes items from the original plog.Logs as they are matched,
+// and sends them to the appropriate consumer.
+func (c *logsConnector) switchLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+	groups := make(map[consumer.Logs]plog.Logs)
+	var errs error
+	for _, route := range c.router.routeSlice {
+		matchedLogs := plog.NewLogs()
+
+		plogutil.MoveResourcesIf(ld, matchedLogs,
+			func(rl plog.ResourceLogs) bool {
+				rtx := ottlresource.NewTransformContext(rl.Resource(), rl)
+				_, isMatch, err := route.statement.Execute(ctx, rtx)
+				errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+				return isMatch
+			},
+		)
+
+		if errs != nil {
+			if c.config.ErrorMode == ottl.PropagateError {
+				return errs
+			}
+			groupAll(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, matchedLogs)
+
+		}
+		groupAll(groups, route.consumer, matchedLogs)
+	}
+
+	// anything left wasn't matched by any route. Send to default consumer
+	groupAll(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, ld)
+
+	for consumer, group := range groups {
+		errs = errors.Join(errs, consumer.ConsumeLogs(ctx, group))
+	}
+	return errs
+}
+
+func (c *logsConnector) matchAll(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	// routingEntry is used to group plog.ResourceLogs that are routed to
 	// the same set of exporters.
 	// This way we're not ending up with all the logs split up which would cause
@@ -78,22 +122,19 @@ func (c *logsConnector) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 				if c.config.ErrorMode == ottl.PropagateError {
 					return err
 				}
-				c.group(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, rlogs)
+				group(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, rlogs)
 				continue
 			}
 			if isMatch {
 				noRoutesMatch = false
-				c.group(groups, route.consumer, rlogs)
-				if c.config.MatchOnce {
-					break
-				}
+				group(groups, route.consumer, rlogs)
 			}
 
 		}
 
 		if noRoutesMatch {
 			// no route conditions are matched, add resource logs to default exporters group
-			c.group(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, rlogs)
+			group(groups, c.router.defaultConsumer, rlogs)
 		}
 	}
 	for consumer, group := range groups {
@@ -102,18 +143,28 @@ func (c *logsConnector) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	return errs
 }
 
-func (c *logsConnector) group(
+func groupAll(
+	groups map[consumer.Logs]plog.Logs,
+	cons consumer.Logs,
+	logs plog.Logs,
+) {
+	for i := 0; i < logs.ResourceLogs().Len(); i++ {
+		group(groups, cons, logs.ResourceLogs().At(i))
+	}
+}
+
+func group(
 	groups map[consumer.Logs]plog.Logs,
-	consumer consumer.Logs,
+	cons consumer.Logs,
 	logs plog.ResourceLogs,
 ) {
-	if consumer == nil {
+	if cons == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	group, ok := groups[consumer]
+	group, ok := groups[cons]
 	if !ok {
 		group = plog.NewLogs()
 	}
 	logs.CopyTo(group.ResourceLogs().AppendEmpty())
-	groups[consumer] = group
+	groups[cons] = group
 }