diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
index e852057edda..bccc8ce0490 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ export function partitionTimeRange(
 
 export function runPartitionedQuery(datasource: LokiDatasource, request: DataQueryRequest<LokiQuery>) {
   let mergedResponse: DataQueryResponse | null;
+  const queries = request.targets.filter((query) => !query.hide);
   // we assume there is just a single query in the request
-  const query = request.targets[0];
+  const query = queries[0];
   const partition = partitionTimeRange(
     isLogsQuery(query.expr),
     request.range,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
index 4db491e7e76..7bd98d72634 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
@@ -297,9 +297,10 @@ export function getStreamSelectorsFromQuery(query: string): string[] {
   return labelMatchers;
 }
 
-export function requestSupportsPartitioning(queries: LokiQuery[]) {
+export function requestSupportsPartitioning(allQueries: LokiQuery[]) {
+  const queries = allQueries.filter((query) => !query.hide);
   /*
-   * For now, we would not split when more than 1 query is requested.
+   * For now, we will not split when more than 1 query is requested.
    */
   if (queries.length > 1) {
     return false;