diff --git a/app/vminsert/main.go b/app/vminsert/main.go
index db65643586..57e79200b1 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/main.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/main.go
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
+	if strings.HasPrefix(p.Suffix, "datadog/") {
+		p.Suffix = strings.TrimSuffix(p.Suffix, "/")
+	}
 	switch p.Suffix {
 	case "prometheus/", "prometheus", "prometheus/api/v1/write":
 		prometheusWriteRequests.Inc()