diff --git a/cmd/scollector/collectors/collectors.go b/cmd/scollector/collectors/collectors.go
index c21e5ea90e..576505a199 100644
--- a/cmd/scollector/collectors/collectors.go
+++ b/cmd/scollector/collectors/collectors.go
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ func AddTS(md *opentsdb.MultiDataPoint, name string, ts int64, value interface{}
 	}
 
 	tags := t.Copy()
+	if host, present := tags["host"]; !present {
+		tags["host"] = util.Hostname
+	} else if host == "" {
+		delete(tags, "host")
+	}
 	// if tags are not cleanable, log a message and skip it
 	if err := tags.Clean(); err != nil {
 		line := ""
@@ -256,11 +261,6 @@ func AddTS(md *opentsdb.MultiDataPoint, name string, ts int64, value interface{}
 		slog.Errorf("Invalid tagset discovered: %s. Skipping datapoint. Added from: %s", tags.String(), line)
 		return
 	}
-	if host, present := tags["host"]; !present {
-		tags["host"] = util.Hostname
-	} else if host == "" {
-		delete(tags, "host")
-	}
 	if rate != metadata.Unknown {
 		metadata.AddMeta(name, nil, "rate", rate, false)
 	}