diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index 9ab99376677bb..ce6c0df458ddb 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ func (t *Loki) initQueryFrontend() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 
 	frontendHandler := middleware.Merge(
 		serverutil.RecoveryHTTPMiddleware,
-		queryrange.StatsHTTPMiddleware,
 		t.httpAuthMiddleware,
+		queryrange.StatsHTTPMiddleware,
 		serverutil.NewPrepopulateMiddleware(),
 		serverutil.ResponseJSONMiddleware(),
 	).Wrap(t.frontend.Handler())