diff --git a/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go b/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
index dee82e39d..1c328be21 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/graphite/metrics_api.go
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import (
 // See https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-find
 func MetricsFindHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	format := r.FormValue("format")
 	if format == "" {
 		format = "treejson"
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@ func deduplicatePaths(paths []string, delimiter string) []string {
 // See https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-expand
 func MetricsExpandHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	queries := r.Form["query"]
 	if len(queries) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("missing `query` arg")
@@ -202,9 +196,6 @@ func MetricsExpandHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 // See https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-index-json
 func MetricsIndexHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	jsonp := r.FormValue("jsonp")
 	metricNames, err := netstorage.GetLabelValues(nil, "__name__", deadline)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/app/vmselect/graphite/tags_api.go b/app/vmselect/graphite/tags_api.go
index 10313e018..43b3c51cd 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/graphite/tags_api.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/graphite/tags_api.go
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import (
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#removing-series-from-the-tagdb
 func TagsDelSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	paths := r.Form["path"]
 	totalDeleted := 0
 	var row graphiteparser.Row
@@ -163,9 +160,6 @@ var (
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#auto-complete-support
 func TagsAutoCompleteValuesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	limit, err := getInt(r, "limit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -252,9 +246,6 @@ var tagsAutoCompleteValuesDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_sec
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#auto-complete-support
 func TagsAutoCompleteTagsHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	limit, err := getInt(r, "limit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -334,9 +325,6 @@ var tagsAutoCompleteTagsDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_secon
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#exploring-tags
 func TagsFindSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	limit, err := getInt(r, "limit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -405,9 +393,6 @@ var tagsFindSeriesDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{pat
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#exploring-tags
 func TagValuesHandler(startTime time.Time, tagName string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	limit, err := getInt(r, "limit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -436,9 +421,6 @@ var tagValuesDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/t
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#exploring-tags
 func TagsHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	limit, err := getInt(r, "limit")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 560599f05..911287a47 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ func FederateHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	defer federateDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
-	}
+	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	lookbackDelta, err := getMaxLookback(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ func FederateHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	if start >= end {
 		start = end - defaultStep
 	}
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@ var federateDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/fe
 func ExportCSVHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer exportCSVDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	format := r.FormValue("format")
 	if len(format) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("missing `format` arg; see https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-export-csv-data")
@@ -213,9 +207,6 @@ var exportCSVDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="/a
 func ExportNativeHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer exportNativeDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	ep, err := getExportParams(r, startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -278,9 +269,6 @@ var bbPool bytesutil.ByteBufferPool
 func ExportHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer exportDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	ep, err := getExportParams(r, startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -443,9 +431,6 @@ func DeleteHandler(startTime time.Time, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer deleteDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	if r.FormValue("start") != "" || r.FormValue("end") != "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("start and end aren't supported. Remove these args from the query in order to delete all the matching metrics")
 	}
@@ -474,9 +459,6 @@ func LabelValuesHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, labelName s
 	defer labelValuesDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	etfs, err := searchutils.GetExtraTagFilters(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -646,9 +628,6 @@ func TSDBStatusHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 	defer tsdbStatusDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForStatusRequest(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	etfs, err := searchutils.GetExtraTagFilters(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -729,9 +708,6 @@ func LabelsHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseW
 	defer labelsDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	etfs, err := searchutils.GetExtraTagFilters(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -880,10 +856,8 @@ var seriesCountDuration = metrics.NewSummary(`vm_request_duration_seconds{path="
 func SeriesHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer seriesDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
+	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	end, err := searchutils.GetTime(r, "end", ct)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -897,7 +871,6 @@ func SeriesHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseW
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 
 	tagFilterss, err := getTagFilterssFromRequest(r)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -980,6 +953,7 @@ func QueryHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWr
 	defer queryDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
 	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
+	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	mayCache := !searchutils.GetBool(r, "nocache")
 	query := r.FormValue("query")
 	if len(query) == 0 {
@@ -1000,7 +974,6 @@ func QueryHandler(qt *querytracer.Tracer, startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWr
 	if step <= 0 {
 		step = defaultStep
 	}
-	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 
 	if len(query) > maxQueryLen.N {
 		return fmt.Errorf("too long query; got %d bytes; mustn't exceed `-search.maxQueryLen=%d` bytes", len(query), maxQueryLen.N)
@@ -1343,9 +1316,6 @@ func getLatencyOffsetMilliseconds() int64 {
 func QueryStatsHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	defer queryStatsDuration.UpdateDuration(startTime)
 
-	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
-	}
 	topN := 20
 	topNStr := r.FormValue("topN")
 	if len(topNStr) > 0 {