diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.test.ts
index b4c41658680..717024dca61 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as logsTimeSplit from './logsTimeSplit';
 import * as metricTimeSplit from './metricTimeSplit';
 import { createLokiDatasource, getMockFrames } from './mocks';
 import { runPartitionedQueries } from './querySplitting';
-import { LokiQuery } from './types';
+import { LokiQuery, LokiQueryType } from './types';
 
 describe('runPartitionedQueries()', () => {
   let datasource: LokiDatasource;
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ describe('runPartitionedQueries()', () => {
         expect(datasource.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
       });
     });
+    test('Groups instant queries', async () => {
+      const request = getQueryOptions<LokiQuery>({
+        targets: [
+          { expr: 'count_over_time({a="b"}[1m])', refId: 'A', queryType: LokiQueryType.Instant },
+          { expr: 'count_over_time({c="d"}[1m])', refId: 'B', queryType: LokiQueryType.Instant },
+        ],
+        range,
+      });
+      await expect(runPartitionedQueries(datasource, request)).toEmitValuesWith(() => {
+        // Instant queries are omitted from splitting
+        expect(datasource.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      });
+    });
     test('Respects maxLines of logs queries', async () => {
       const { logFrameA } = getMockFrames();
       const request = getQueryOptions<LokiQuery>({
@@ -162,5 +175,19 @@ describe('runPartitionedQueries()', () => {
         expect(datasource.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
       });
     });
+    test('Groups multiple queries into logs, queries, and instant', async () => {
+      const request = getQueryOptions<LokiQuery>({
+        targets: [
+          { expr: 'count_over_time({a="b"}[1m])', refId: 'A', queryType: LokiQueryType.Instant },
+          { expr: '{c="d"}', refId: 'B' },
+          { expr: 'count_over_time({c="d"}[1m])', refId: 'C' },
+        ],
+        range,
+      });
+      await expect(runPartitionedQueries(datasource, request)).toEmitValuesWith(() => {
+        // 3 days, 3 chunks, 3x Logs + 3x Metric + 1x Instant, 7 requests.
+        expect(datasource.runQuery).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
index e03bfe5ae13..b3205d846d4 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/querySplitting.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { LokiDatasource } from './datasource';
 import { getRangeChunks as getLogsRangeChunks } from './logsTimeSplit';
 import { getRangeChunks as getMetricRangeChunks } from './metricTimeSplit';
 import { combineResponses, isLogsQuery } from './queryUtils';
-import { LokiQuery } from './types';
+import { LokiQuery, LokiQueryType } from './types';
 
 /**
  * Purposely exposing it to support doing tests without needing to update the repo.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export function runGroupedQueries(datasource: LokiDatasource, requests: LokiGrou
 
     const nextRequest = () => {
       const { nextRequestN, nextRequestGroup } = getNextRequestPointers(requests, requestGroup, requestN);
-      if (nextRequestN > 0) {
+      if (nextRequestN > 0 && nextRequestGroup >= 0) {
         runNextRequest(subscriber, nextRequestN, nextRequestGroup);
         return;
       }
@@ -167,16 +167,18 @@ function getNextRequestPointers(requests: LokiGroupedRequest, requestGroup: numb
     };
   }
   return {
-    nextRequestGroup: 0,
+    // Find the first group where `[requestN - 1]` is defined
+    nextRequestGroup: requests.findIndex((group) => group?.partition[requestN - 1] !== undefined),
     nextRequestN: requestN - 1,
   };
 }
 
 export function runPartitionedQueries(datasource: LokiDatasource, request: DataQueryRequest<LokiQuery>) {
   const queries = request.targets.filter((query) => !query.hide);
-  const [logQueries, metricQueries] = partition(queries, (query) => isLogsQuery(query.expr));
+  const [instantQueries, normalQueries] = partition(queries, (query) => query.queryType === LokiQueryType.Instant);
+  const [logQueries, metricQueries] = partition(normalQueries, (query) => isLogsQuery(query.expr));
 
-  const requests = [];
+  const requests: LokiGroupedRequest = [];
   if (logQueries.length) {
     requests.push({
       request: { ...request, targets: logQueries },
@@ -189,5 +191,11 @@ export function runPartitionedQueries(datasource: LokiDatasource, request: DataQ
       partition: partitionTimeRange(false, request.range, request.intervalMs, metricQueries[0].resolution ?? 1),
     });
   }
+  if (instantQueries.length) {
+    requests.push({
+      request: { ...request, targets: instantQueries },
+      partition: [request.range],
+    });
+  }
   return runGroupedQueries(datasource, requests);
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
index a4c2733e0b0..c63183f0329 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/queryUtils.ts
@@ -310,11 +310,6 @@ export function requestSupportsPartitioning(allQueries: LokiQuery[]) {
     .filter((query) => !query.refId.includes('do-not-chunk'))
     .filter((query) => query.expr);
 
-  const instantQueries = queries.some((query) => query.queryType === LokiQueryType.Instant);
-  if (instantQueries) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   return queries.length > 0;
 }