diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
index 2af8dc507..a5f123bc9 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram.go
@@ -782,9 +782,10 @@ func (a *FloatHistogramAppender) AppendFloatHistogram(prev *FloatHistogramAppend
 			// of the chunk.
 			if len(pForwardInserts) == 0 && len(nForwardInserts) == 0 {
 				// No new chunks from the histogram, so the spans of the appender can accommodate the new buckets.
-				h.PositiveSpans = resize(h.PositiveSpans, len(a.pSpans))
+				// However we need to make a copy in case the input is sharing spans from an iterator.
+				h.PositiveSpans = make([]histogram.Span, len(a.pSpans))
 				copy(h.PositiveSpans, a.pSpans)
-				h.NegativeSpans = resize(h.NegativeSpans, len(a.nSpans))
+				h.NegativeSpans = make([]histogram.Span, len(a.nSpans))
 				copy(h.NegativeSpans, a.nSpans)
 			} else {
 				// Spans need pre-adjusting to accommodate the new buckets.
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
index 41e76ef59..689696f5a 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/float_histogram_test.go
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ func TestFloatHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 3, Length: 2},
 			{Offset: 5, Length: 1},
 		}
+		savedH2Spans := h2.PositiveSpans
 		h2.PositiveBuckets = []float64{7, 4, 3, 5, 2}
 
 		posInterjections, negInterjections, backwardPositiveInserts, backwardNegativeInserts, ok, cr := hApp.appendable(h2)
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ func TestFloatHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 		// Check that h2 was recoded.
 		require.Equal(t, []float64{7, 0, 4, 3, 5, 0, 2}, h2.PositiveBuckets)
 		require.Equal(t, emptyBucketH.PositiveSpans, h2.PositiveSpans)
+		require.NotEqual(t, savedH2Spans, h2.PositiveSpans, "recoding must make a copy")
 	}
 
 	{ // New histogram that has new buckets AND buckets missing but the buckets missing were empty.
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@ func TestFloatHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 3, Length: 2},
 			{Offset: 5, Length: 2},
 		}
+		savedH2Spans := h2.PositiveSpans
 		h2.PositiveBuckets = []float64{7, 4, 3, 5, 2, 3}
 
 		posInterjections, negInterjections, backwardPositiveInserts, backwardNegativeInserts, ok, cr := hApp.appendable(h2)
@@ -460,6 +463,7 @@ func TestFloatHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 3, Length: 1}, // Added empty bucket.
 			{Offset: 1, Length: 2}, // Existing + the extra bucket.
 		}, h2.PositiveSpans)
+		require.NotEqual(t, savedH2Spans, h2.PositiveSpans, "recoding must make a copy")
 	}
 
 	{ // New histogram that has a counter reset while buckets are same.
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
index bdf4344af..fafae48d3 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram.go
@@ -816,9 +816,10 @@ func (a *HistogramAppender) AppendHistogram(prev *HistogramAppender, t int64, h
 			// of the chunk.
 			if len(pForwardInserts) == 0 && len(nForwardInserts) == 0 {
 				// No new chunks from the histogram, so the spans of the appender can accommodate the new buckets.
-				h.PositiveSpans = resize(h.PositiveSpans, len(a.pSpans))
+				// However we need to make a copy in case the input is sharing spans from an iterator.
+				h.PositiveSpans = make([]histogram.Span, len(a.pSpans))
 				copy(h.PositiveSpans, a.pSpans)
-				h.NegativeSpans = resize(h.NegativeSpans, len(a.nSpans))
+				h.NegativeSpans = make([]histogram.Span, len(a.nSpans))
 				copy(h.NegativeSpans, a.nSpans)
 			} else {
 				// Spans need pre-adjusting to accommodate the new buckets.
diff --git a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
index d44be69df..59187ed17 100644
--- a/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/chunkenc/histogram_test.go
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ func TestHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 4, Length: 1},
 			{Offset: 1, Length: 1},
 		}
+		savedH2Spans := h2.PositiveSpans
 		h2.PositiveBuckets = []int64{7, -5, 1, 0, 1} // counts: 7, 2, 3, 3, 4 (total 18)
 
 		posInterjections, negInterjections, backwardPositiveInserts, backwardNegativeInserts, ok, cr := hApp.appendable(h2)
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ func TestHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 		// Check that h2 was recoded.
 		require.Equal(t, []int64{7, -7, 2, 1, -3, 3, 1}, h2.PositiveBuckets) // counts: 7, 0, 2, 3 , 0, 3, 4 (total 18)
 		require.Equal(t, emptyBucketH.PositiveSpans, h2.PositiveSpans)
+		require.NotEqual(t, savedH2Spans, h2.PositiveSpans, "recoding must make a copy")
 	}
 
 	{ // New histogram that has new buckets AND buckets missing but the buckets missing were empty.
@@ -457,6 +459,7 @@ func TestHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 4, Length: 1},
 			{Offset: 1, Length: 2},
 		}
+		savedH2Spans := h2.PositiveSpans
 		h2.PositiveBuckets = []int64{7, -5, 1, 0, 1, 1} // counts: 7, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 (total 23)
 
 		posInterjections, negInterjections, backwardPositiveInserts, backwardNegativeInserts, ok, cr := hApp.appendable(h2)
@@ -478,6 +481,7 @@ func TestHistogramChunkAppendable(t *testing.T) {
 			{Offset: 3, Length: 1}, // Existing - offset adjusted.
 			{Offset: 1, Length: 2}, // Existing.
 		}, h2.PositiveSpans)
+		require.NotEqual(t, savedH2Spans, h2.PositiveSpans, "recoding must make a copy")
 	}
 
 	{ // New histogram that has a counter reset while buckets are same.