diff --git a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
index 767ff549b..4596ac261 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
@@ -259,13 +259,14 @@ again:
 		return true
 	}
 	metrics.GetOrCreateCounter(fmt.Sprintf(`vmagent_remotewrite_requests_total{url=%q, status_code="%d"}`, c.sanitizedURL, statusCode)).Inc()
-	if statusCode == 409 {
+	if statusCode == 409 || statusCode == 400 {
 		// Just drop block on 409 status code like Prometheus does.
 		// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/873
-		body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		// drop block on 400 status code,
+		// not expected that remote server will be able to handle it on retry
+		// should fix https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1149
+		_, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		_ = resp.Body.Close()
-		logger.Errorf("unexpected status code received when sending a block with size %d bytes to %q: #%d; dropping the block like Prometheus does; "+
-			"response body=%q", len(block), c.sanitizedURL, statusCode, body)
 		c.packetsDropped.Inc()
 		return true
 	}