diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 3db6165dfa..77b08a759d 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ The following tip changes can be tested by building VictoriaMetrics components f
 * BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): fix panic if `vmalert` runs with `-clusterMode` command-line flag in [multitenant mode](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#multitenancy). The issue has been introduced in [v1.82.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1820).
 * BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): properly escape string passed to `quotesEscape` [template function](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#template-functions), so it can be safely embedded into JSON string. This makes obsolete the `crlfEscape` function. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3139) and [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/890) issue.
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): do not show invalid error message in Kubernetes service discovery: `cannot parse WatchEvent json response: EOF`. The invalid error message has been appeared in [v1.82.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1820).
+* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): properly add `exported_` prefix to metric labels, which clashing with scrape target labels if `honor_labels: true` option isn't set in [scrape_config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs.html#scrape_configs). Previously some `exported_` prefixes were missing in the resulting metric labels. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3278). The issue has been introduced in [v1.82.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1820).
 * BUGFIX: `vmselect`: expose missing metric `vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="promql/rollupResult"}` . This metric is used for monitoring rollup cache usage with the query `vm_cache_size_bytes{type="promql/rollupResult"} / vm_cache_size_max_bytes{type="promql/rollupResult"}` in the same way as this is done for other cache types.
 
 ## [v1.82.1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.82.1)
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/scrapework.go b/lib/promscrape/scrapework.go
index a70d0075af..fd17e903f8 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/scrapework.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/scrapework.go
@@ -704,7 +704,15 @@ func (wc *writeRequestCtx) reset() {
 
 func (wc *writeRequestCtx) resetNoRows() {
 	prompbmarshal.ResetWriteRequest(&wc.writeRequest)
+
+	labels := wc.labels
+	for i := range labels {
+		label := &labels[i]
+		label.Name = ""
+		label.Value = ""
+	}
 	wc.labels = wc.labels[:0]
+
 	wc.samples = wc.samples[:0]
 }
 
@@ -740,6 +748,7 @@ func (sw *scrapeWork) applySeriesLimit(wc *writeRequestCtx) int {
 		}
 		dstSeries = append(dstSeries, ts)
 	}
+	prompbmarshal.ResetTimeSeries(wc.writeRequest.Timeseries[len(dstSeries):])
 	wc.writeRequest.Timeseries = dstSeries
 	return samplesDropped
 }
@@ -880,16 +889,14 @@ func appendLabels(dst []prompbmarshal.Label, metric string, src []parser.Tag, ex
 func appendExtraLabels(dst, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label, offset int, honorLabels bool) []prompbmarshal.Label {
 	// Add extraLabels to labels.
 	// Handle duplicates in the same way as Prometheus does.
-	if len(dst) > offset && dst[offset].Name == "__name__" {
-		offset++
-	}
-	labels := dst[offset:]
-	if len(labels) == 0 {
+	if len(dst) == offset {
 		// Fast path - add extraLabels to dst without the need to de-duplicate.
 		dst = append(dst, extraLabels...)
 		return dst
 	}
+	offsetEnd := len(dst)
 	for _, label := range extraLabels {
+		labels := dst[offset:offsetEnd]
 		prevLabel := promrelabel.GetLabelByName(labels, label.Name)
 		if prevLabel == nil {
 			// Fast path - the label doesn't exist in labels, so just add it to dst.
@@ -904,13 +911,13 @@ func appendExtraLabels(dst, extraLabels []prompbmarshal.Label, offset int, honor
 		// See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#scrape_config
 		exportedName := "exported_" + label.Name
 		exportedLabel := promrelabel.GetLabelByName(labels, exportedName)
-		if exportedLabel == nil {
-			prevLabel.Name = exportedName
-			dst = append(dst, label)
-		} else {
-			exportedLabel.Value = prevLabel.Value
-			prevLabel.Value = label.Value
+		if exportedLabel != nil {
+			// The label with the name exported_<label.Name> already exists.
+			// Add yet another 'exported_' prefix to it.
+			exportedLabel.Name = "exported_" + exportedName
 		}
+		prevLabel.Name = exportedName
+		dst = append(dst, label)
 	}
 	return dst
 }
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/scrapework_test.go b/lib/promscrape/scrapework_test.go
index f5531c6b34..b2bf19404b 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/scrapework_test.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/scrapework_test.go
@@ -27,16 +27,22 @@ func TestAppendExtraLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	f("{}", "{}", false, "{}")
 	f("foo", "{}", true, `{__name__="foo"}`)
 	f("foo", "{}", false, `{__name__="foo"}`)
-	f("foo", "bar", true, `{__name__="foo",__name__="bar"}`)
-	f("foo", "bar", false, `{__name__="foo",__name__="bar"}`)
+	f("foo", "bar", true, `{__name__="foo"}`)
+	f("foo", "bar", false, `{exported___name__="foo",__name__="bar"}`)
 	f(`{a="b"}`, `{c="d"}`, true, `{a="b",c="d"}`)
 	f(`{a="b"}`, `{c="d"}`, false, `{a="b",c="d"}`)
 	f(`{a="b"}`, `{a="d"}`, true, `{a="b"}`)
 	f(`{a="b"}`, `{a="d"}`, false, `{exported_a="b",a="d"}`)
 	f(`{a="b",exported_a="x"}`, `{a="d"}`, true, `{a="b",exported_a="x"}`)
-	f(`{a="b",exported_a="x"}`, `{a="d"}`, false, `{a="d",exported_a="b"}`)
+	f(`{a="b",exported_a="x"}`, `{a="d"}`, false, `{exported_a="b",exported_exported_a="x",a="d"}`)
 	f(`{a="b"}`, `{a="d",exported_a="x"}`, true, `{a="b",exported_a="x"}`)
-	f(`{a="b"}`, `{a="d",exported_a="x"}`, false, `{exported_a="b",a="d",exported_a="x"}`)
+	f(`{a="b"}`, `{a="d",exported_a="x"}`, false, `{exported_exported_a="b",a="d",exported_a="x"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c"}`, true, `{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c"}`, false, `{foo="a",exported_exported_foo="b",exported_foo="c"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c",bar="x"}`, true, `{foo="a",exported_foo="b",bar="x"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c",bar="x"}`, false, `{foo="a",exported_exported_foo="b",exported_foo="c",bar="x"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c",foo="d"}`, true, `{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`)
+	f(`{foo="a",exported_foo="b"}`, `{exported_foo="c",foo="d"}`, false, `{exported_foo="a",exported_exported_foo="b",exported_foo="c",foo="d"}`)
 }
 
 func TestPromLabelsString(t *testing.T) {