diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index 246c2ef782417..e7848ef701a25 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initQuerier() (services.Service, error) {
 	internalHandler := queryrangebase.MergeMiddlewares(internalMiddlewares...).Wrap(handler)
 
 	svc, err := querier.InitWorkerService(
+		logger,
 		querierWorkerServiceConfig,
 		prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
 		internalHandler,
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
index 3e77c3f0e91a8..45c61862d0598 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (fp *frontendProcessor) notifyShutdown(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.Clie
 }
 
 // runOne loops, trying to establish a stream to the frontend to begin request processing.
-func (fp *frontendProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address string) {
+func (fp *frontendProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address, _ string) {
 	client := frontendv1pb.NewFrontendClient(conn)
 
 	backoff := backoff.New(ctx, processorBackoffConfig)
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor_test.go b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor_test.go
index e446500dd804b..cecdb7bfe27d3 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestRecvFailDoesntCancelProcess(t *testing.T) {
 		running.Store(true)
 		defer running.Store(false)
 
-		mgr.processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx, cc, "test:12345")
+		mgr.processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx, cc, "test:12345", "")
 	}()
 
 	test.Poll(t, time.Second, true, func() interface{} {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/processor_manager.go b/pkg/querier/worker/processor_manager.go
index 5d675c88a6576..3a2c8c338865d 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/processor_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/processor_manager.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package worker
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ func (pm *processorManager) concurrency(n int) {
 		n = 0
 	}
 
+	workerID := 0
 	for len(pm.cancels) < n {
+		workerID++
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(pm.ctx)
 		pm.cancels = append(pm.cancels, cancel)
 
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ func (pm *processorManager) concurrency(n int) {
 			pm.currentProcessors.Inc()
 			defer pm.currentProcessors.Dec()
 
-			pm.p.processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx, pm.conn, pm.address)
+			pm.p.processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx, pm.conn, pm.address, strconv.Itoa(workerID))
 		}()
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
index 15e3985b60fbd..16d0e59d1ed14 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (sp *schedulerProcessor) notifyShutdown(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.Cli
 	}
 }
 
-func (sp *schedulerProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address string) {
+func (sp *schedulerProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address, workerID string) {
 	schedulerClient := sp.schedulerClientFactory(conn)
 
 	// Run the querier loop (and so all the queries) in a dedicated context that we call the "execution context".
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (sp *schedulerProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx context.Con
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if err := sp.querierLoop(c, address, inflightQuery); err != nil {
+		if err := sp.querierLoop(c, address, inflightQuery, workerID); err != nil {
 			// Do not log an error if the query-scheduler is shutting down.
 			if s, ok := status.FromError(err); !ok || !strings.Contains(s.Message(), schedulerpb.ErrSchedulerIsNotRunning.Error()) {
 				level.Error(sp.log).Log("msg", "error processing requests from scheduler", "err", err, "addr", address)
@@ -119,17 +119,20 @@ func (sp *schedulerProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx context.Con
 }
 
 // process loops processing requests on an established stream.
-func (sp *schedulerProcessor) querierLoop(c schedulerpb.SchedulerForQuerier_QuerierLoopClient, address string, inflightQuery *atomic.Bool) error {
+func (sp *schedulerProcessor) querierLoop(c schedulerpb.SchedulerForQuerier_QuerierLoopClient, address string, inflightQuery *atomic.Bool, workerID string) error {
 	// Build a child context so we can cancel a query when the stream is closed.
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(c.Context())
 	defer cancel()
 
 	for {
+		start := time.Now()
 		request, err := c.Recv()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		level.Debug(sp.log).Log("msg", "received query", "worker", workerID, "wait_time_sec", time.Since(start).Seconds())
+
 		inflightQuery.Store(true)
 
 		// Handle the request on a "background" goroutine, so we go back to
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor_test.go b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor_test.go
index b1971bdd76077..154ba1ae4fa73 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestSchedulerProcessor_processQueriesOnSingleStream(t *testing.T) {
 
 		requestHandler.On("Do", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&queryrange.LokiResponse{}, nil)
 
-		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1")
+		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1", "1")
 
 		// We expect at this point, the execution context has been canceled too.
 		require.Error(t, loopClient.Context().Err())
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestSchedulerProcessor_processQueriesOnSingleStream(t *testing.T) {
 		}).Return(&queryrange.LokiResponse{}, nil)
 
 		startTime := time.Now()
-		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1")
+		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1", "1")
 		assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, time.Since(startTime), time.Second)
 
 		// We expect at this point, the execution context has been canceled too.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestSchedulerProcessor_processQueriesOnSingleStream(t *testing.T) {
 
 		requestHandler.On("Do", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&queryrange.LokiResponse{}, nil)
 
-		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1")
+		sp.processQueriesOnSingleStream(workerCtx, nil, "127.0.0.1", "1")
 
 		// We expect no error in the log.
 		assert.NotContains(t, logs.String(), "error")
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/worker.go b/pkg/querier/worker/worker.go
index a7bebfbfccf14..b2e50b205d143 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/worker.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type processor interface {
 	// This method must react on context being finished, and stop when that happens.
 	//
 	// processorManager (not processor) is responsible for starting as many goroutines as needed for each connection.
-	processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address string)
+	processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, address, workerID string)
 
 	// notifyShutdown notifies the remote query-frontend or query-scheduler that the querier is
 	// shutting down.
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/worker_test.go b/pkg/querier/worker/worker_test.go
index 2f1ccb98d3097..68791b214f178 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/worker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/worker_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func getConcurrentProcessors(w *querierWorker) int {
 
 type mockProcessor struct{}
 
-func (m mockProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, _ *grpc.ClientConn, _ string) {
+func (m mockProcessor) processQueriesOnSingleStream(ctx context.Context, _ *grpc.ClientConn, _, _ string) {
 	<-ctx.Done()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker_service.go b/pkg/querier/worker_service.go
index d0837e4180652..5dba31f3eebc4 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker_service.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker_service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package querier
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/ring"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (cfg WorkerServiceConfig) QuerierRunningStandalone() bool {
 //     HTTP router for the Prometheus API routes. Then the external HTTP server will be passed
 //     as a http.Handler to the frontend worker.
 func InitWorkerService(
+	logger log.Logger,
 	cfg WorkerServiceConfig,
 	reg prometheus.Registerer,
 	handler queryrangebase.Handler,
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ func InitWorkerService(
 			*(cfg.QuerierWorkerConfig),
 			cfg.SchedulerRing,
 			handler,
-			util_log.Logger,
+			logger,
 			reg,
 			codec,
 		)
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func InitWorkerService(
 		*(cfg.QuerierWorkerConfig),
 		cfg.SchedulerRing,
 		handler,
-		util_log.Logger,
+		logger,
 		reg,
 		codec,
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/queue/metrics.go b/pkg/queue/metrics.go
index 5d00edb1a3b16..769fb51c23708 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/metrics.go
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Metrics struct {
-	queueLength       *prometheus.GaugeVec     // Per tenant
-	discardedRequests *prometheus.CounterVec   // Per tenant
-	enqueueCount      *prometheus.CounterVec   // Per tenant and level
-	querierWaitTime   *prometheus.HistogramVec // Per querier wait time
+	queueLength       *prometheus.GaugeVec   // Per tenant
+	discardedRequests *prometheus.CounterVec // Per tenant
+	enqueueCount      *prometheus.CounterVec // Per tenant and level
 }
 
 func NewMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer, metricsNamespace, subsystem string) *Metrics {
@@ -32,13 +31,6 @@ func NewMetrics(registerer prometheus.Registerer, metricsNamespace, subsystem st
 			Name:      "enqueue_count",
 			Help:      "Total number of enqueued (sub-)queries.",
 		}, []string{"user", "level"}),
-		querierWaitTime: promauto.With(registerer).NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
-			Subsystem: subsystem,
-			Name:      "querier_wait_seconds",
-			Help:      "Time spend waiting for new requests.",
-			Buckets:   []float64{.005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, 240},
-		}, []string{"querier"}),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/queue/queue.go b/pkg/queue/queue.go
index 4af4d2c903d75..aab4631e86e4f 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/queue.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/queue.go
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ FindQueue:
 	// We need to wait if there are no tenants, or no pending requests for given querier.
 	for (q.queues.hasNoTenantQueues() || querierWait) && ctx.Err() == nil && !q.stopped {
 		querierWait = false
-		start := time.Now()
 		q.cond.Wait(ctx)
-		q.metrics.querierWaitTime.WithLabelValues(consumerID).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 	}
 
 	if q.stopped {