diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.test.ts
index 9f48bb3fa1b..7089ea3e2e1 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.test.ts
@@ -171,4 +171,22 @@ describe('getQueryHints()', () => {
       },
     });
   });
+
+  it('should not return rate hint for a recorded query', () => {
+    const seriesCount = SUM_HINT_THRESHOLD_COUNT;
+    const series = Array.from({ length: seriesCount }, (_) => ({
+      datapoints: [
+        [0, 0],
+        [0, 0],
+      ],
+    }));
+    let hints = getQueryHints('node_namespace_pod_container:container_cpu_usage_seconds_total:sum_irate', series);
+    expect(hints!.length).toBe(0);
+
+    hints = getQueryHints('node_namespace_pod_container:container_cpu_usage_seconds_total', series);
+    expect(hints!.length).toBe(0);
+
+    hints = getQueryHints('container_cpu_usage_seconds_total:irate_total', series);
+    expect(hints!.length).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.ts
index aa08db4ae9d..05558235d87 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/query_hints.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function getQueryHints(query: string, series?: any[], datasource?: Promet
   // Check for need of rate()
   if (query.indexOf('rate(') === -1 && query.indexOf('increase(') === -1) {
     // Use metric metadata for exact types
-    const nameMatch = query.match(/\b(\w+_(total|sum|count))\b/);
+    const nameMatch = query.match(/\b((?<!:)\w+_(total|sum|count)(?!:))\b/);
     let counterNameMetric = nameMatch ? nameMatch[1] : '';
     const metricsMetadata = datasource?.languageProvider?.metricsMetadata;
     let certain = false;