diff --git a/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm b/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
index 95c1d559..13a96711 100644
--- a/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
+++ b/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ sub test_connection {
 sub build_influxdb_payload {
     my ($class, $txn, $data, $ctime, $tags, $excluded, $measurement, $instance) = @_;
 
-    # 'abc' and '123' are both valid hostnames, that confuses influx's type detection
-    my $to_quote = { name => 1 };
+    # 'abc' and '123' are both valid hostnames/tags, that confuses influx's type detection
+    my $to_quote = { name => 1, tags => 1, };
 
     my @values = ();