diff --git a/pkg/distributor/influx.go b/pkg/distributor/influx.go
index 1eb9deaa92..82ae887ddd 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/influx.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/influx.go
@@ -30,24 +30,16 @@ func influxRequestParser(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, maxSize int, _ *u
 	spanLogger.SetTag("content_encoding", r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding"))
 	spanLogger.SetTag("content_length", r.ContentLength)
 
-	ts, bytesRead, err := influxpush.ParseInfluxLineReader(ctx, r, maxSize)
+	pts, bytesRead, err := influxpush.ParseInfluxLineReader(ctx, r, maxSize)
 	level.Debug(spanLogger).Log("msg", "decodeAndConvert complete", "bytesRead", bytesRead)
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "failed to parse Influx push request", "err", err)
 		return bytesRead, err
 	}
 
-	// Sigh, a write API optimisation needs me to jump through hoops.
-	pts := make([]mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries, 0, len(ts))
-	for i := range ts {
-		pts = append(pts, mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries{
-			TimeSeries: &ts[i],
-		})
-	}
-
 	level.Debug(spanLogger).Log(
 		"msg", "Influx to Prometheus conversion complete",
-		"metric_count", len(ts),
+		"metric_count", len(pts),
 	)
 
 	req.Timeseries = pts
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/influxpush/parser.go b/pkg/distributor/influxpush/parser.go
index 8b3156da69..0f0a1c6efe 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/influxpush/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/influxpush/parser.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 const internalLabel = "__mimir_source__"
 
 // ParseInfluxLineReader parses a Influx Line Protocol request from an io.Reader.
-func ParseInfluxLineReader(_ context.Context, r *http.Request, maxSize int) ([]mimirpb.TimeSeries, int, error) {
+func ParseInfluxLineReader(_ context.Context, r *http.Request, maxSize int) ([]mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries, int, error) {
 	qp := r.URL.Query()
 	precision := qp.Get("precision")
 	if precision == "" {
@@ -57,32 +57,34 @@ func ParseInfluxLineReader(_ context.Context, r *http.Request, maxSize int) ([]m
 	return ts, dataLen, err
 }
 
-func writeRequestFromInfluxPoints(points []models.Point) ([]mimirpb.TimeSeries, error) {
+func writeRequestFromInfluxPoints(points []models.Point) ([]mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries, error) {
 	// Technically the same series should not be repeated. We should put all the samples for
 	// a series in single client.Timeseries. Having said that doing it is not very optimal and the
 	// occurrence of multiple timestamps for the same series is rare. Only reason I see it happening is
 	// for backfilling and this is not the API for that. Keeping that in mind, we are going to create a new
 	// client.Timeseries for each sample.
 
-	var returnTs []mimirpb.TimeSeries
+	returnTs := mimirpb.PreallocTimeseriesSliceFromPool()[:0]
+	if cap(returnTs) < len(points) {
+		returnTs = make([]mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries, 0, len(points))
+	}
 	for _, pt := range points {
-		ts, err := influxPointToTimeseries(pt)
+		var err error
+		err, returnTs = influxPointToTimeseries(pt, returnTs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		returnTs = append(returnTs, ts...)
 	}
 
 	return returnTs, nil
 }
 
 // Points to Prometheus is heavily inspired from https://github.com/prometheus/influxdb_exporter/blob/a1dc16ad596a990d8854545ea39a57a99a3c7c43/main.go#L148-L211
-func influxPointToTimeseries(pt models.Point) ([]mimirpb.TimeSeries, error) {
-	var returnTs []mimirpb.TimeSeries
+func influxPointToTimeseries(pt models.Point, returnTs []mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries) (error, []mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries) {
 
 	fields, err := pt.Fields()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't get fields from point: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't get fields from point: %w", err), returnTs
 	}
 	for field, v := range fields {
 		var value float64
@@ -132,16 +134,18 @@ func influxPointToTimeseries(pt models.Point) ([]mimirpb.TimeSeries, error) {
 			return lbls[i].Name < lbls[j].Name
 		})
 
-		returnTs = append(returnTs, mimirpb.TimeSeries{
+		ts := mimirpb.TimeSeries{
 			Labels: lbls,
 			Samples: []mimirpb.Sample{{
 				TimestampMs: util.TimeToMillis(pt.Time()),
 				Value:       value,
 			}},
-		})
+		}
+
+		returnTs = append(returnTs, mimirpb.PreallocTimeseries{TimeSeries: &ts})
 	}
 
-	return returnTs, nil
+	return nil, returnTs
 }
 
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