diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueue.java b/impl/src/main/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueue.java
index 9abea915b6..da57df2e51 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueue.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueue.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import javax.annotation.CheckReturnValue;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ private static DisruptorEventQueue create() {
     DisruptorEnqueuer enqueuer =
         new DisruptorEnqueuer() {
           @Override
-          public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
+          public boolean enqueue(Entry entry) {
             long sequence;
             try {
               sequence = ringBuffer.tryNext();
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
                     "Dropping some events due to queue overflow."
                         + " Consider to reduce sampling rate.");
               }
-              return;
+              return false;
             }
             try {
               DisruptorEvent event = ringBuffer.get(sequence);
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
             } finally {
               ringBuffer.publish(sequence);
             }
+            return true;
           }
         };
     return new DisruptorEventQueue(disruptor, enqueuer);
@@ -176,7 +178,9 @@ public static DisruptorEventQueue getInstance() {
    */
   @Override
   public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
-    enqueuer.enqueue(entry);
+    if (!enqueuer.enqueue(entry)) {
+      entry.rejected();
+    }
   }
 
   /** Shuts down the underlying disruptor. */
@@ -187,10 +191,11 @@ public void shutdown() {
           final AtomicBoolean logged = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
           @Override
-          public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
+          public boolean enqueue(Entry entry) {
             if (!logged.getAndSet(true)) {
               logger.log(Level.INFO, "Attempted to enqueue entry after Disruptor shutdown.");
             }
+            return false;
           }
         };
 
@@ -200,7 +205,14 @@ public void enqueue(Entry entry) {
   // Allows this event queue to safely shutdown by not enqueuing events on the ring buffer
   private abstract static class DisruptorEnqueuer {
 
-    public abstract void enqueue(Entry entry);
+    /**
+     * Try to enqueue Entry into the queue.
+     *
+     * @param entry Entry to enqueue
+     * @return If enqueue failed, returns false.
+     */
+    @CheckReturnValue
+    public abstract boolean enqueue(Entry entry);
   }
 
   // An event in the {@link EventQueue}. Just holds a reference to an EventQueue.Entry.
diff --git a/impl/src/test/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueueTest.java b/impl/src/test/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueueTest.java
index 2107717cd3..d6fcb994a5 100644
--- a/impl/src/test/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueueTest.java
+++ b/impl/src/test/java/io/opencensus/impl/internal/DisruptorEventQueueTest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public void check(int value) {
   private static class IncrementEvent implements EventQueue.Entry {
 
     private final Counter counter;
+    private volatile boolean isRejected = false;
 
     IncrementEvent(Counter counter) {
       this.counter = counter;
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ private static class IncrementEvent implements EventQueue.Entry {
     public void process() {
       counter.increment();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {
+      isRejected = true;
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -147,6 +153,7 @@ public void shouldNotBlockWhenOverflow() {
     // Queue event into filled queue to test overflow behavior
     IncrementEvent ie = new IncrementEvent(counter);
     DisruptorEventQueue.getInstance().enqueue(ie);
+    assertThat(ie.isRejected).isTrue();
     assertThat(DisruptorEventQueue.overflowCount.get()).isEqualTo(overflowCountBefore + 1);
 
     // Cleanup events
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/internal/EventQueue.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/internal/EventQueue.java
index 6eb1149a92..8816523b31 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/internal/EventQueue.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/internal/EventQueue.java
@@ -32,5 +32,11 @@ interface Entry {
      * associated {@link EventQueue}.
      */
     void process();
+
+    /**
+     * Cleanup resources associated with this entry to prevent leak. This method is called when this
+     * event is rejected. Note that this method might be called in foreground (application) thread.
+     */
+    void rejected();
   }
 }
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/stats/StatsManager.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/stats/StatsManager.java
index 17e99d4644..d2d7fb9bc3 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/stats/StatsManager.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/stats/StatsManager.java
@@ -100,5 +100,8 @@ public void process() {
       // Add Timestamp to value after it went through the DisruptorQueue.
       statsManager.measureToViewMap.record(tags, stats, statsManager.clock.now());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {}
   }
 }
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/StartEndHandlerImpl.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/StartEndHandlerImpl.java
index 5fe0f85e4c..bc1fe041f2 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/StartEndHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/StartEndHandlerImpl.java
@@ -88,9 +88,20 @@ private static final class SpanStartEvent implements EventQueue.Entry {
     @Override
     public void process() {
       if (activeSpansExporter != null) {
+        // Strictly speaking, SpanEndEvent#rejected() can be called before
+        // SpanStartEvent#process() in rare case.
+        // Because SpanStartEvent#process() is called via queue.
+        // In such case, span stay in activeSpansExporter forever because
+        // onEnd(span) is called before onStart(span).
+        // If we really need to prevent such case, should check span.hasBeenEnded here.
+        // The hasBeenEnded flag is always true in such case, so that we can skip
+        // onStart(span) call.
         activeSpansExporter.onStart(span);
       }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {}
   }
 
   // An EventQueue entry that records the end of the span event.
@@ -116,14 +127,29 @@ public void process() {
       if (span.getContext().getTraceOptions().isSampled()) {
         spanExporter.addSpan(span);
       }
+      removeFromRunningSpanStore();
+      if (sampledSpanStore != null) {
+        sampledSpanStore.considerForSampling(span);
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {
+      // Should remove from runningSpanStore to prevent memory leak
+      removeFromRunningSpanStore();
+    }
+
+    private void removeFromRunningSpanStore() {
       if (runningSpanStore != null) {
         try {
-          // Note that corresponding SpanStartEvent / onStart(span) might not have called if queue was full.
+          // Note that corresponding SpanStartEvent / onStart(span) might not have called if queue
+          // was full.
           runningSpanStore.onEnd(span);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {} // Span was not in the running span list
-      }
-      if (sampledSpanStore != null) {
-        sampledSpanStore.considerForSampling(span);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+          // Span was not in the running span list.
+          // This case is caused by queue overflow.
+          // Intentionally avoided logging to prevent blocking caused by massive log output
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessRunningSpanStoreImpl.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessRunningSpanStoreImpl.java
index e095c3f2e7..a5eb09b426 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessRunningSpanStoreImpl.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessRunningSpanStoreImpl.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public void onStart(RecordEventsSpanImpl span) {
 
   @Override
   public void onEnd(RecordEventsSpanImpl span) {
-    runningSpans.removeElement(span); // Throws IllegalArgumentException if given span is not in the list
+    // Throws IllegalArgumentException if given span is not in the list
+    runningSpans.removeElement(span);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessSampledSpanStoreImpl.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessSampledSpanStoreImpl.java
index a3f16cddbc..1a8328fb23 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessSampledSpanStoreImpl.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/export/InProcessSampledSpanStoreImpl.java
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ private RegisterSpanNameEvent(
     public void process() {
       sampledSpanStore.internaltRegisterSpanNamesForCollection(spanNames);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {}
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -341,6 +344,9 @@ private UnregisterSpanNameEvent(
     public void process() {
       sampledSpanStore.internalUnregisterSpanNamesForCollection(spanNames);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void rejected() {}
   }
 
   @Override