diff --git a/pkg/logql/metrics.go b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
index d06a8fbac7d2b..5b6422b815357 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/metrics.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
-	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -156,9 +155,9 @@ func RecordRangeAndInstantQueryMetrics(
 		"status", status,
 		"limit", p.Limit(),
 		"returned_lines", returnedLines,
-		"throughput", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.BytesProcessedPerSecond)),
-		"total_bytes", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.TotalBytesProcessed)),
-		"total_bytes_structured_metadata", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.TotalStructuredMetadataBytesProcessed)),
+		"throughput", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.BytesProcessedPerSecond)),
+		"total_bytes", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.TotalBytesProcessed)),
+		"total_bytes_structured_metadata", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Summary.TotalStructuredMetadataBytesProcessed)),
 		"lines_per_second", stats.Summary.LinesProcessedPerSecond,
 		"total_lines", stats.Summary.TotalLinesProcessed,
 		"post_filter_lines", stats.Summary.TotalPostFilterLines,
@@ -197,11 +196,11 @@ func RecordRangeAndInstantQueryMetrics(
 		// Total ingester reached for this query.
 		"ingester_requests", stats.Ingester.GetTotalReached(),
 		// Total bytes processed but was already in memory (found in the headchunk). Includes structured metadata bytes.
-		"ingester_chunk_head_bytes", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetHeadChunkBytes())),
+		"ingester_chunk_head_bytes", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetHeadChunkBytes())),
 		// Total bytes of compressed chunks (blocks) processed.
-		"ingester_chunk_compressed_bytes", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetCompressedBytes())),
+		"ingester_chunk_compressed_bytes", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetCompressedBytes())),
 		// Total bytes decompressed and processed from chunks. Includes structured metadata bytes.
-		"ingester_chunk_decompressed_bytes", humanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetDecompressedBytes())),
+		"ingester_chunk_decompressed_bytes", util.HumanizeBytes(uint64(stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetDecompressedBytes())),
 		// Total lines post filtering.
 		"ingester_post_filter_lines", stats.Ingester.Store.Chunk.GetPostFilterLines(),
 		// Time spent being blocked on congestion control.
@@ -243,10 +242,6 @@ func RecordRangeAndInstantQueryMetrics(
 	recordUsageStats(queryType, stats)
 }
 
-func humanizeBytes(val uint64) string {
-	return strings.Replace(humanize.Bytes(val), " ", "", 1)
-}
-
 func RecordLabelQueryMetrics(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	log log.Logger,
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push.go b/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push.go
index 9aac2e3a5050d..649d71f92029c 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/loghttp/push"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logql/syntax"
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/util/build"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/backoff"
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ func AggregatedMetricEntry(
 	service string,
 	lbls labels.Labels,
 ) string {
-	byteString := humanize.Bytes(totalBytes)
+	byteString := util.HumanizeBytes(totalBytes)
 	base := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"ts=%d bytes=%s count=%d %s=%s",
+		"ts=%d bytes=%s count=%d %s=\"%s\"",
 		ts.UnixNano(),
 		byteString,
 		totalCount,
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func AggregatedMetricEntry(
 	)
 
 	for _, l := range lbls {
-		base += fmt.Sprintf(" %s=%s", l.Name, l.Value)
+		base += fmt.Sprintf(" %s=\"%s\"", l.Name, l.Value)
 	}
 
 	return base
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push_test.go b/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push_test.go
index 15f0336b5f7e8..149b54a977151 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/aggregation/push_test.go
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ func Test_Push(t *testing.T) {
 				stream2.Entries[2].Line,
 			)
 
+			// sanity check that bytes are logged in humanized form without whitespaces
+			assert.Contains(t, stream1.Entries[0].Line, "bytes=1B")
+
 		case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 			t.Fatal("timeout")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/metrics_helper.go b/pkg/util/metrics_helper.go
index e4572b4e4a15c..7bf7d3029a260 100644
--- a/pkg/util/metrics_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/util/metrics_helper.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	humanize "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
@@ -841,3 +843,8 @@ func RegisterCounterVec(registerer prometheus.Registerer, namespace, name, help
 	}
 	return vec
 }
+
+// HumanizeBytes returns a human readable string representation of the given byte value and removes all whitespaces.
+func HumanizeBytes(val uint64) string {
+	return strings.Replace(humanize.Bytes(val), " ", "", 1)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/metrics_helper_test.go b/pkg/util/metrics_helper_test.go
index 7ca74ab7b0225..09e80a2afa580 100644
--- a/pkg/util/metrics_helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/metrics_helper_test.go
@@ -1158,3 +1158,18 @@ func verifyLabels(t *testing.T, m prometheus.Collector, filter map[string]string
 
 	require.Equal(t, expectedLabels, result)
 }
+
+func TestHumanizeBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[uint64]string{
+		1024:               "1.0kB",
+		1024 * 1000:        "1.0MB",
+		1024 * 1000 * 1000: "1.0GB",
+		10:                 "10B",
+	}
+
+	for bytes, humanizedBytes := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", bytes), func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, humanizedBytes, HumanizeBytes(bytes))
+		})
+	}
+}