diff --git a/collectors/monitoring_collector.go b/collectors/monitoring_collector.go
index 5f6f1698..7d11b51a 100644
--- a/collectors/monitoring_collector.go
+++ b/collectors/monitoring_collector.go
@@ -389,15 +389,19 @@ func (c *MonitoringCollector) reportTimeSeriesMetrics(
 		// Add the metric labels
 		// @see https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics
 		for key, value := range timeSeries.Metric.Labels {
-			labelKeys = append(labelKeys, key)
-			labelValues = append(labelValues, value)
+			if !keyExists(labelKeys, key) {
+				labelKeys = append(labelKeys, key)
+				labelValues = append(labelValues, value)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Add the monitored resource labels
 		// @see https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/resources
 		for key, value := range timeSeries.Resource.Labels {
-			labelKeys = append(labelKeys, key)
-			labelValues = append(labelValues, value)
+			if !keyExists(labelKeys, key) {
+				labelKeys = append(labelKeys, key)
+				labelValues = append(labelValues, value)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if c.monitoringDropDelegatedProjects {
@@ -506,3 +510,12 @@ func (c *MonitoringCollector) generateHistogramBuckets(
 	}
 	return buckets, nil
 }
+
+func keyExists(labelKeys []string, key string) bool {
+	for _, item := range labelKeys {
+		if item == key {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}