diff --git a/internal/models/running_aggregator.go b/internal/models/running_aggregator.go
index b1fa3637bd1db..f54b5266e0369 100644
--- a/internal/models/running_aggregator.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_aggregator.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 
@@ -96,39 +97,37 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) MakeMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) telegraf.Metric {
 	return m
 }
 
-func (r *RunningAggregator) metricFiltered(metric telegraf.Metric) {
-	r.MetricsFiltered.Incr(1)
-	metric.Accept()
-}
-
 func (r *RunningAggregator) metricDropped(metric telegraf.Metric) {
 	r.MetricsDropped.Incr(1)
-	metric.Accept()
 }
 
 // Add a metric to the aggregator and return true if the original metric
 // should be dropped.
-func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(metric telegraf.Metric) bool {
-	if ok := r.Config.Filter.Select(metric); !ok {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(m telegraf.Metric) bool {
+	if ok := r.Config.Filter.Select(m); !ok {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	metric = metric.Copy()
+	// Make a copy of the metric but don't retain tracking; it doesn't make
+	// sense to fail a metric's delivery due to the aggregation not being
+	// sent because we can't create aggregations of historical data.
+	m = metric.FromMetric(m)
 
-	r.Config.Filter.Modify(metric)
-	if len(metric.FieldList()) == 0 {
+	r.Config.Filter.Modify(m)
+	if len(m.FieldList()) == 0 {
+		r.metricDropped(m)
 		return r.Config.DropOriginal
 	}
 
 	r.Lock()
 	defer r.Unlock()
 
-	if r.periodStart.IsZero() || metric.Time().After(r.periodEnd) {
-		r.metricDropped(metric)
+	if r.periodStart.IsZero() || m.Time().After(r.periodEnd) {
+		r.metricDropped(m)
 		return r.Config.DropOriginal
 	}
 
-	r.Aggregator.Add(metric)
+	r.Aggregator.Add(m)
 	return r.Config.DropOriginal
 }
 
diff --git a/metric/metric.go b/metric/metric.go
index f2a49957e71e9..de4af500b0b76 100644
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ func New(
 	return m, nil
 }
 
+// FromMetric returns a deep copy of the metric with any tracking information
+// removed.
+func FromMetric(other telegraf.Metric) telegraf.Metric {
+	m := &metric{
+		name:      other.Name(),
+		tags:      make([]*telegraf.Tag, len(other.TagList())),
+		fields:    make([]*telegraf.Field, len(other.FieldList())),
+		tm:        other.Time(),
+		tp:        other.Type(),
+		aggregate: other.IsAggregate(),
+	}
+
+	for i, tag := range other.TagList() {
+		m.tags[i] = &telegraf.Tag{Key: tag.Key, Value: tag.Value}
+	}
+
+	for i, field := range other.FieldList() {
+		m.fields[i] = &telegraf.Field{Key: field.Key, Value: field.Value}
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
 func (m *metric) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %v %v %d", m.name, m.Tags(), m.Fields(), m.tm.UnixNano())
 }