diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index ccb068b68..4d018df70 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -1634,12 +1634,14 @@ loop:
 		if seriesAlreadyScraped && parsedTimestamp == nil {
 			err = storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp
 		} else {
-			if ctMs := p.CreatedTimestamp(); sl.enableCTZeroIngestion && ctMs != nil {
-				ref, err = app.AppendCTZeroSample(ref, lset, t, *ctMs)
-				if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrOutOfOrderCT) { // OOO is a common case, ignoring completely for now.
-					// CT is an experimental feature. For now, we don't need to fail the
-					// scrape on errors updating the created timestamp, log debug.
-					level.Debug(sl.l).Log("msg", "Error when appending CT in scrape loop", "series", string(met), "ct", *ctMs, "t", t, "err", err)
+			if sl.enableCTZeroIngestion {
+				if ctMs := p.CreatedTimestamp(); ctMs != nil {
+					ref, err = app.AppendCTZeroSample(ref, lset, t, *ctMs)
+					if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrOutOfOrderCT) { // OOO is a common case, ignoring completely for now.
+						// CT is an experimental feature. For now, we don't need to fail the
+						// scrape on errors updating the created timestamp, log debug.
+						level.Debug(sl.l).Log("msg", "Error when appending CT in scrape loop", "series", string(met), "ct", *ctMs, "t", t, "err", err)
+					}
 				}
 			}