diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 4d2bfb1888..840f772b5d 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ func getCommonParamsForLabelsAPI(r *http.Request, startTime time.Time, requireNo
 	if cp.start == 0 {
 		cp.start = cp.end - defaultStep
 	}
-	cp.deadline = searchutils.GetDeadlineForExport(r, startTime)
+	cp.deadline = searchutils.GetDeadlineForLabelsAPI(r, startTime)
 	return cp, nil
 }