diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
index 6672f6d167e..31d870cb794 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { lastValueFrom, of, throwError } from 'rxjs';
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { AnnotationQueryRequest, CoreApp, DataFrame, dateTime, FieldCache, TimeSeries, toUtc } from '@grafana/data';
+import {
+  AnnotationQueryRequest,
+  CoreApp,
+  DataFrame,
+  dateTime,
+  FieldCache,
+  TimeSeries,
+  toUtc,
+  LogRowModel,
+  MutableDataFrame,
+  FieldType,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { BackendSrvRequest, FetchResponse } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import LokiDatasource from './datasource';
@@ -882,6 +893,33 @@ describe('LokiDatasource', () => {
       expect(interval).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(safeInterval);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('prepareLogRowContextQueryTarget', () => {
+    const ds = createLokiDSForTests();
+    it('creates query with only labels from /labels API', () => {
+      const row: LogRowModel = {
+        rowIndex: 0,
+        dataFrame: new MutableDataFrame({
+          fields: [
+            {
+              name: 'tsNs',
+              type: FieldType.string,
+              values: ['0'],
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+        labels: { bar: 'baz', foo: 'uniqueParsedLabel' },
+        uid: '1',
+      } as any;
+
+      //Mock stored labels to only include "bar" label
+      jest.spyOn(ds.languageProvider, 'getLabelKeys').mockImplementation(() => ['bar']);
+      const contextQuery = ds.prepareLogRowContextQueryTarget(row, 10, 'BACKWARD');
+
+      expect(contextQuery.expr).toContain('baz');
+      expect(contextQuery.expr).not.toContain('uniqueParsedLabel');
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 function assertAdHocFilters(query: string, expectedResults: string, ds: LokiDatasource) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
index 7580a8abf71..063c51323ba 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
@@ -467,8 +467,17 @@ export class LokiDatasource extends DataSourceApi<LokiQuery, LokiOptions> {
   };
 
   prepareLogRowContextQueryTarget = (row: LogRowModel, limit: number, direction: 'BACKWARD' | 'FORWARD') => {
+    const labels = this.languageProvider.getLabelKeys();
     const query = Object.keys(row.labels)
-      .map((label) => `${label}="${row.labels[label].replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}"`) // escape backslashes in label as users can't escape them by themselves
+      .map((label: string) => {
+        if (labels.includes(label)) {
+          // escape backslashes in label as users can't escape them by themselves
+          return `${label}="${row.labels[label].replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}"`;
+        }
+        return '';
+      })
+      // Filter empty strings
+      .filter((label) => !!label)
       .join(',');
 
     const contextTimeBuffer = 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 2h buffer