diff --git a/rules/ast/ast.go b/rules/ast/ast.go
index a0e7c66e3..95f82c42c 100644
--- a/rules/ast/ast.go
+++ b/rules/ast/ast.go
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ type (
 	// Vector literal, i.e. metric name plus labelset.
 	VectorLiteral struct {
 		labels model.LabelSet
+		// Fingerprints are populated from labels at query analysis time.
+		fingerprints model.Fingerprints
 	}
 
 	// A function of vector return type.
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ type (
 	// Matrix literal, i.e. metric name plus labelset and timerange.
 	MatrixLiteral struct {
 		labels   model.LabelSet
+		// Fingerprints are populated from labels at query analysis time.
+		fingerprints model.Fingerprints
 		interval time.Duration
 	}
 )
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ func (node *VectorAggregation) Eval(timestamp *time.Time, view *viewAdapter) Vec
 }
 
 func (node *VectorLiteral) Eval(timestamp *time.Time, view *viewAdapter) Vector {
-	values, err := view.GetValueAtTime(node.labels, timestamp)
+	values, err := view.GetValueAtTime(node.fingerprints, timestamp)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Unable to get vector values")
 		return Vector{}
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ func (node *MatrixLiteral) Eval(timestamp *time.Time, view *viewAdapter) Matrix
 		OldestInclusive: timestamp.Add(-node.interval),
 		NewestInclusive: *timestamp,
 	}
-	values, err := view.GetRangeValues(node.labels, interval)
+	values, err := view.GetRangeValues(node.fingerprints, interval)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Unable to get values for vector interval")
 		return Matrix{}
@@ -559,7 +563,7 @@ func (node *MatrixLiteral) EvalBoundaries(timestamp *time.Time, view *viewAdapte
 		OldestInclusive: timestamp.Add(-node.interval),
 		NewestInclusive: *timestamp,
 	}
-	values, err := view.GetBoundaryValues(node.labels, interval)
+	values, err := view.GetBoundaryValues(node.fingerprints, interval)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Unable to get boundary values for vector interval")
 		return Matrix{}
diff --git a/rules/ast/persistence_adapter.go b/rules/ast/persistence_adapter.go
index 9fa82c675..7b136b32c 100644
--- a/rules/ast/persistence_adapter.go
+++ b/rules/ast/persistence_adapter.go
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ func (v *viewAdapter) chooseClosestSample(samples []model.SamplePair, timestamp
 	return
 }
 
-func (v *viewAdapter) GetValueAtTime(labels model.LabelSet, timestamp *time.Time) (samples []*model.Sample, err error) {
-	fingerprints, err := queryStorage.GetFingerprintsForLabelSet(labels)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
+func (v *viewAdapter) GetValueAtTime(fingerprints model.Fingerprints, timestamp *time.Time) (samples []*model.Sample, err error) {
 	for _, fingerprint := range fingerprints {
 		sampleCandidates := v.view.GetValueAtTime(fingerprint, *timestamp)
 		samplePair := v.chooseClosestSample(sampleCandidates, timestamp)
@@ -81,12 +76,7 @@ func (v *viewAdapter) GetValueAtTime(labels model.LabelSet, timestamp *time.Time
 	return
 }
 
-func (v *viewAdapter) GetBoundaryValues(labels model.LabelSet, interval *model.Interval) (sampleSets []*model.SampleSet, err error) {
-	fingerprints, err := queryStorage.GetFingerprintsForLabelSet(labels)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
+func (v *viewAdapter) GetBoundaryValues(fingerprints model.Fingerprints, interval *model.Interval) (sampleSets []*model.SampleSet, err error) {
 	for _, fingerprint := range fingerprints {
 		// TODO: change to GetBoundaryValues() once it has the right return type.
 		samplePairs := v.view.GetRangeValues(fingerprint, *interval)
@@ -109,12 +99,7 @@ func (v *viewAdapter) GetBoundaryValues(labels model.LabelSet, interval *model.I
 	return sampleSets, nil
 }
 
-func (v *viewAdapter) GetRangeValues(labels model.LabelSet, interval *model.Interval) (sampleSets []*model.SampleSet, err error) {
-	fingerprints, err := queryStorage.GetFingerprintsForLabelSet(labels)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
+func (v *viewAdapter) GetRangeValues(fingerprints model.Fingerprints, interval *model.Interval) (sampleSets []*model.SampleSet, err error) {
 	for _, fingerprint := range fingerprints {
 		samplePairs := v.view.GetRangeValues(fingerprint, *interval)
 		if samplePairs == nil {
diff --git a/rules/ast/query_analyzer.go b/rules/ast/query_analyzer.go
index 17578509d..2c6ec92f8 100644
--- a/rules/ast/query_analyzer.go
+++ b/rules/ast/query_analyzer.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (analyzer *QueryAnalyzer) Visit(node Node) {
 			log.Printf("Error getting fingerprints for labelset %v: %v", n.labels, err)
 			return
 		}
+		n.fingerprints = fingerprints
 		for _, fingerprint := range fingerprints {
 			if !analyzer.IntervalRanges[fingerprint] {
 				analyzer.IntervalRanges[fingerprint] = true
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func (analyzer *QueryAnalyzer) Visit(node Node) {
 			log.Printf("Error getting fingerprints for labelset %v: %v", n.labels, err)
 			return
 		}
+		n.fingerprints = fingerprints
 		for _, fingerprint := range fingerprints {
 			interval := n.interval
 			// If an interval has already been recorded for this fingerprint, merge