diff --git a/pkg/blockbuilder/builder/builder.go b/pkg/blockbuilder/builder/builder.go
index ad981e3183..f0c2f2ed30 100644
--- a/pkg/blockbuilder/builder/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/blockbuilder/builder/builder.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/compression"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/kafka/partition"
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/storage/chunk"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/storage/config"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/storage/stores"
@@ -546,11 +547,15 @@ func (i *BlockBuilder) loadRecords(ctx context.Context, partitionID int32, offse
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// decorder reuses entries slice, so we need to copy it
+			entries := make([]logproto.Entry, len(stream.Entries))
+			copy(entries, stream.Entries)
+
 			converted = append(converted, AppendInput{
 				tenant:    record.TenantID,
 				labels:    labels,
 				labelsStr: stream.Labels,
-				entries:   stream.Entries,
+				entries:   entries,
 			})
 		}