diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
index 7d26ddeb5..b30a8206d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http.go
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ func (c *httpClient) Write(ctx context.Context, metrics []telegraf.Metric) error
 			}
 
 			if c.config.ExcludeDatabaseTag {
+				// Avoid modifying the metric in case we need to retry the request.
+				metric = metric.Copy()
+				metric.Accept()
 				metric.RemoveTag(c.config.DatabaseTag)
 			}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
index e4acb1641..a09b02d43 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
@@ -675,3 +675,61 @@ func TestHTTP_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHTTP_WriteDatabaseTagWorksOnRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			switch r.URL.Path {
+			case "/write":
+				r.ParseForm()
+				require.Equal(t, r.Form["db"], []string{"foo"})
+
+				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, string(body), "cpu value=42")
+
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+				return
+			default:
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+				return
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	addr := &url.URL{
+		Scheme: "http",
+		Host:   ts.Listener.Addr().String(),
+	}
+
+	config := influxdb.HTTPConfig{
+		URL:                addr,
+		Database:           "telegraf",
+		DatabaseTag:        "database",
+		ExcludeDatabaseTag: true,
+		Log:                testutil.Logger{},
+	}
+
+	client, err := influxdb.NewHTTPClient(config)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"cpu",
+			map[string]string{
+				"database": "foo",
+			},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"value": 42.0,
+			},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err = client.Write(ctx, metrics)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = client.Write(ctx, metrics)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
index fbfdf6958..b8706c9a5 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http.go
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ func (c *httpClient) Write(ctx context.Context, metrics []telegraf.Metric) error
 			}
 
 			if c.ExcludeBucketTag {
+				// Avoid modifying the metric in case we need to retry the request.
+				metric = metric.Copy()
+				metric.Accept()
 				metric.RemoveTag(c.BucketTag)
 			}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
index 33ff9e24b..23c3ff05e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/http_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 package influxdb_v2_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	influxdb "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -47,3 +54,60 @@ func TestNewHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWriteBucketTagWorksOnRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			switch r.URL.Path {
+			case "/api/v2/write":
+				r.ParseForm()
+				require.Equal(t, r.Form["bucket"], []string{"foo"})
+
+				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, string(body), "cpu value=42")
+
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+				return
+			default:
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+				return
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	addr := &url.URL{
+		Scheme: "http",
+		Host:   ts.Listener.Addr().String(),
+	}
+
+	config := &influxdb.HTTPConfig{
+		URL:              addr,
+		Bucket:           "telegraf",
+		BucketTag:        "bucket",
+		ExcludeBucketTag: true,
+	}
+
+	client, err := influxdb.NewHTTPClient(config)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"cpu",
+			map[string]string{
+				"bucket": "foo",
+			},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"value": 42.0,
+			},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err = client.Write(ctx, metrics)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = client.Write(ctx, metrics)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}