diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index e6e55900b..866abdb5f 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func newScrapePool(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, app storage.Appendable, jitterSeed
 				return mutateSampleLabels(l, opts.target, opts.honorLabels, opts.mrc)
 			},
 			func(l labels.Labels) labels.Labels { return mutateReportSampleLabels(l, opts.target) },
-			func(ctx context.Context) storage.Appender { return appender(app.Appender(ctx), opts.sampleLimit) },
+			func(ctx context.Context) storage.Appender { return app.Appender(ctx) },
 			cache,
 			jitterSeed,
 			opts.honorTimestamps,
@@ -1426,6 +1426,9 @@ func (sl *scrapeLoop) append(app storage.Appender, b []byte, contentType string,
 		e              exemplar.Exemplar // escapes to heap so hoisted out of loop
 	)
 
+	// Take an appender with limits.
+	app = appender(app, sl.sampleLimit)
+
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			return
diff --git a/scrape/scrape_test.go b/scrape/scrape_test.go
index 5ab573112..7eba2eb40 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape_test.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape_test.go
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func TestScrapePoolAppender(t *testing.T) {
 	appl, ok := loop.(*scrapeLoop)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected scrapeLoop but got %T", loop)
 
-	wrapped := appl.appender(context.Background())
+	wrapped := appender(appl.appender(context.Background()), 0)
 
 	tl, ok := wrapped.(*timeLimitAppender)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected timeLimitAppender but got %T", wrapped)
@@ -471,20 +471,21 @@ func TestScrapePoolAppender(t *testing.T) {
 	_, ok = tl.Appender.(nopAppender)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected base appender but got %T", tl.Appender)
 
+	sampleLimit := 100
 	loop = sp.newLoop(scrapeLoopOptions{
 		target:      &Target{},
-		sampleLimit: 100,
+		sampleLimit: sampleLimit,
 	})
 	appl, ok = loop.(*scrapeLoop)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected scrapeLoop but got %T", loop)
 
-	wrapped = appl.appender(context.Background())
+	wrapped = appender(appl.appender(context.Background()), sampleLimit)
 
 	sl, ok := wrapped.(*limitAppender)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected limitAppender but got %T", wrapped)
 
 	tl, ok = sl.Appender.(*timeLimitAppender)
-	require.True(t, ok, "Expected limitAppender but got %T", sl.Appender)
+	require.True(t, ok, "Expected timeLimitAppender but got %T", sl.Appender)
 
 	_, ok = tl.Appender.(nopAppender)
 	require.True(t, ok, "Expected base appender but got %T", tl.Appender)
@@ -2772,6 +2773,72 @@ func TestScrapeReportSingleAppender(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestScrapeReportLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	s := teststorage.New(t)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	cfg := &config.ScrapeConfig{
+		JobName:        "test",
+		SampleLimit:    5,
+		Scheme:         "http",
+		ScrapeInterval: model.Duration(100 * time.Millisecond),
+		ScrapeTimeout:  model.Duration(100 * time.Millisecond),
+	}
+
+	var (
+		scrapes      int
+		scrapedTwice = make(chan bool)
+	)
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprint(w, "metric_a 44\nmetric_b 44\nmetric_c 44\nmetric_d 44\n")
+		scrapes++
+		if scrapes == 2 {
+			close(scrapedTwice)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	sp, err := newScrapePool(cfg, s, 0, nil, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer sp.stop()
+
+	testURL, err := url.Parse(ts.URL)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	sp.Sync([]*targetgroup.Group{
+		{
+			Targets: []model.LabelSet{{model.AddressLabel: model.LabelValue(testURL.Host)}},
+		},
+	})
+
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatalf("target was not scraped twice")
+	case <-scrapedTwice:
+		// If the target has been scraped twice, report samples from the first
+		// scrape have been inserted in the database.
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	q, err := s.Querier(ctx, time.Time{}.UnixNano(), time.Now().UnixNano())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer q.Close()
+	series := q.Select(false, nil, labels.MustNewMatcher(labels.MatchRegexp, "__name__", "up"))
+
+	var found bool
+	for series.Next() {
+		i := series.At().Iterator()
+		for i.Next() {
+			_, v := i.At()
+			require.Equal(t, 1.0, v)
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.True(t, found)
+}
+
 func TestScrapeLoopLabelLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		title           string