diff --git a/app/vmauth/auth_config.go b/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
index 63f177ef5..41d21b866 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/auth_config.go
@@ -860,22 +860,23 @@ func (ui *UserInfo) initURLs() error {
 	loadBalancingPolicy := *defaultLoadBalancingPolicy
 	dropSrcPathPrefixParts := 0
 	discoverBackendIPs := *discoverBackendIPsGlobal
+	if ui.RetryStatusCodes != nil {
+		retryStatusCodes = ui.RetryStatusCodes
+	}
+	if ui.LoadBalancingPolicy != "" {
+		loadBalancingPolicy = ui.LoadBalancingPolicy
+	}
+	if ui.DropSrcPathPrefixParts != nil {
+		dropSrcPathPrefixParts = *ui.DropSrcPathPrefixParts
+	}
+	if ui.DiscoverBackendIPs != nil {
+		discoverBackendIPs = *ui.DiscoverBackendIPs
+	}
+
 	if ui.URLPrefix != nil {
 		if err := ui.URLPrefix.sanitizeAndInitialize(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if ui.RetryStatusCodes != nil {
-			retryStatusCodes = ui.RetryStatusCodes
-		}
-		if ui.LoadBalancingPolicy != "" {
-			loadBalancingPolicy = ui.LoadBalancingPolicy
-		}
-		if ui.DropSrcPathPrefixParts != nil {
-			dropSrcPathPrefixParts = *ui.DropSrcPathPrefixParts
-		}
-		if ui.DiscoverBackendIPs != nil {
-			discoverBackendIPs = *ui.DiscoverBackendIPs
-		}
 		ui.URLPrefix.retryStatusCodes = retryStatusCodes
 		ui.URLPrefix.dropSrcPathPrefixParts = dropSrcPathPrefixParts
 		ui.URLPrefix.discoverBackendIPs = discoverBackendIPs
diff --git a/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go b/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go
index d26d005d3..98abff4de 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ func TestCreateTargetURLSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 				RetryStatusCodes:       []int{},
 				DropSrcPathPrefixParts: intp(0),
 			},
+			{
+				SrcPaths:  getRegexs([]string{"/metrics"}),
+				URLPrefix: mustParseURL("http://metrics-server"),
+			},
 		},
 		URLPrefix: mustParseURL("http://default-server"),
 		HeadersConf: HeadersConf{
@@ -206,6 +210,35 @@ func TestCreateTargetURLSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		"bb: aaa", "x: y", []int{502}, "least_loaded", 2)
 	f(ui, "https://foo-host/api/v1/write", "http://vminsert/0/prometheus/api/v1/write", "", "", []int{}, "least_loaded", 0)
 	f(ui, "https://foo-host/foo/bar/api/v1/query_range", "http://default-server/api/v1/query_range", "bb: aaa", "x: y", []int{502}, "least_loaded", 2)
+	f(ui, "https://foo-host/metrics", "http://metrics-server", "", "", []int{502}, "least_loaded", 2)
+
+	// Complex routing with `url_map` without global url_prefix
+	ui = &UserInfo{
+		URLMaps: []URLMap{
+			{
+				SrcPaths:               getRegexs([]string{"/api/v1/write"}),
+				URLPrefix:              mustParseURL("http://vminsert/0/prometheus"),
+				RetryStatusCodes:       []int{},
+				DropSrcPathPrefixParts: intp(0),
+			},
+			{
+				SrcPaths:  getRegexs([]string{"/metrics/a/b"}),
+				URLPrefix: mustParseURL("http://metrics-server"),
+			},
+		},
+		HeadersConf: HeadersConf{
+			RequestHeaders: []*Header{
+				mustNewHeader("'bb: aaa'"),
+			},
+			ResponseHeaders: []*Header{
+				mustNewHeader("'x: y'"),
+			},
+		},
+		RetryStatusCodes:       []int{502},
+		DropSrcPathPrefixParts: intp(2),
+	}
+	f(ui, "https://foo-host/api/v1/write", "http://vminsert/0/prometheus/api/v1/write", "", "", []int{}, "least_loaded", 0)
+	f(ui, "https://foo-host/metrics/a/b", "http://metrics-server/b", "", "", []int{502}, "least_loaded", 2)
 
 	// Complex routing regexp paths in `url_map`
 	ui = &UserInfo{
diff --git a/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
index 105f80710..315e3da9e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).
 * BUGFIX: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/): drop rows that do not belong to the current series during import. The dropped rows should belong to another series whose tags are a superset of the current series. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7301) and [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7330). Thanks to @dpedu for reporting and cooperating with the test.
 * BUGFIX: [vmsingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/), `vmselect` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): keep the order of resulting time series when `limit_offset` is applied. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7068).
 * BUGFIX: [graphite](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#graphite-render-api-usage): properly handle xFilesFactor=0 for `transformRemoveEmptySeries` function. See [this PR](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/7337) for details.
-* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth): properly check availability of all the backends before giving up when proxying requests. Previously, vmauth could return an error even if there were healthy backends available. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3061) for details.
+* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): properly check availability of all the backends before giving up when proxying requests. Previously, vmauth could return an error even if there were healthy backends available. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3061) for details.
+* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): properly inherit [`drop_src_path_prefix_parts`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#dropping-request-path-prefix), [`load_balancing_policy`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#high-availability), [`retry_status_codes`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#load-balancing) and [`discover_backend_ips`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#discovering-backend-ips) options by `url_map` entries if `url_prefix` option isn't set at the [user config level](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#auth-config). These options were inherited only when the `url_prefix` option was set. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7519).
 * BUGFIX: [dashboards](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/dashboards): add `file` label filter to vmalert dashboard panels. Previously, metrics from groups with the same name but different rule files could be mixed in the results.
 
 ## [v1.106.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.106.0)