diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
index 3bdaa0e9a22..17bd031acfb 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/frontend_processor.go
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ func (fp *frontendProcessor) runRequest(ctx context.Context, request *httpgrpc.H
 	}
 	ctx = util_log.ContextWithHeaderMap(ctx, headerMap)
 	logger := util_log.WithContext(ctx, fp.log)
+	if statsEnabled {
+		level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "started running request")
+	}
 
 	response, err := fp.handler.Handle(ctx, request)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
index 04d71cc69c7..aea9820153b 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/worker/scheduler_processor.go
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ func (sp *schedulerProcessor) querierLoop(c schedulerpb.SchedulerForQuerier_Quer
 				ctx = spanCtx
 			}
 			logger := util_log.WithContext(ctx, sp.log)
+			if request.StatsEnabled {
+				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "started running request")
+			}
 			sp.runRequest(ctx, logger, request.QueryID, request.FrontendAddress, request.StatsEnabled, request.HttpRequest)
 
 			if err = ctx.Err(); err != nil {