diff --git a/app/vmagent/main.go b/app/vmagent/main.go
index 27db29f996..32c11614bd 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/main.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/main.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmagent/csvimport"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmagent/datadog"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmagent/graphite"
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/promscrape"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/protoparser/common"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/pushmetrics"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 		return true
 	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "datadog/") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/datadog/") {
 		// Trim suffix from paths starting from /datadog/ in order to support legacy DataDog agent.
 		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2670
 		path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/")
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 8af3d72cd1..f4bfb5aeae 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ The sandbox cluster installation is running under the constant load generated by
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): suppress `context canceled` error messages in logs when `vmagent` is reloading service discovery config. This error could appear starting from [v1.93.5](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.93.5). See [this PR](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5048). 
 * BUGFIX: [MetricsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/MetricsQL.html): allow passing [median_over_time](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/MetricsQL.html#median_over_time) to [aggr_over_time](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/MetricsQL.html#aggr_over_time). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5034).
 * BUGFIX: [vminsert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html): fix ingestion via [multitenant url](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#multitenancy-via-labels) for opentsdbhttp. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5061). The bug has been introduced in [v1.93.2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.93.2).
+* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): fix support of legacy DataDog agent, which adds trailing slashes to urls. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5078). Thanks to @maxb for spotting the issue.
 
 ## [v1.93.5](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.93.5)