diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a65a43c6..f3abb174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Improved blocks storage observability: #237
   - Cortex / Queries: added bucket index load operations and latency (available only when bucket index is enabled)
   - Alerts: added "CortexBucketIndexNotUpdated" (bucket index only) and "CortexTenantHasPartialBlocks"
+* [BUGFIX] Honor configured `per_instance_label` in all panels. #239
 
 ## 1.6.0 / 2021-01-05
 
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/alertmanager-resources.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/alertmanager-resources.libsonnet
index 9bff5fca..5fdd92a2 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/alertmanager-resources.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/alertmanager-resources.libsonnet
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
 
 (import 'dashboard-utils.libsonnet') {
   'alertmanager-resources.json':
-    local filterNodeDiskByAlertmanager = |||
-      ignoring(pod) group_right() (label_replace(count by(pod, instance, device) (container_fs_writes_bytes_total{%s,container="alertmanager",device!~".*sda.*"}), "device", "$1", "device", "/dev/(.*)") * 0)
-    ||| % $.namespaceMatcher();
     ($.dashboard('Cortex / Alertmanager Resources') + { uid: '68b66aed90ccab448009089544a8d6c6' })
     .addClusterSelectorTemplates()
     .addRow(
@@ -62,13 +59,19 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Disk')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Writes') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByAlertmanager, '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('alertmanager')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Reads') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % filterNodeDiskByAlertmanager, '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('alertmanager')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/chunks.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/chunks.libsonnet
index 0481569a..b82c6880 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/chunks.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/chunks.libsonnet
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Flush Stats')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Queue Length') +
-        $.queryPanel('cortex_ingester_flush_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}'),
+        $.queryPanel('cortex_ingester_flush_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Flush Rate') +
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Checkpoint')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Checkpoint creation/deletion / sec') +
-        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_creations_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}-creation') +
-        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_deletions_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}-deletion'),
+        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_creations_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{%s}}-creation' % $._config.per_instance_label) +
+        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_deletions_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{%s}}-deletion' % $._config.per_instance_label),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Checkpoint creation/deletion failed / sec') +
-        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_creations_failed_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}-creation') +
-        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_deletions_failed_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}-deletion'),
+        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_creations_failed_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{%s}}-creation' % $._config.per_instance_label) +
+        $.queryPanel('rate(cortex_ingester_checkpoint_deletions_failed_total{%s}[$__rate_interval])' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{%s}}-deletion' % $._config.per_instance_label),
       )
     ),
 }
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
index 6ce5f35c..c24f600b 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor-resources.libsonnet
@@ -35,13 +35,19 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Disk')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Writes') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('compactor'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('compactor')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Reads') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('compactor'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('compactor')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor.libsonnet
index 36bff1d3..d767e28d 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/compactor.libsonnet
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
             cortex_compactor_tenants_processing_failed{%s} +
             cortex_compactor_tenants_skipped{%s}
           ) / cortex_compactor_tenants_discovered{%s}
-        ||| % [$.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor')], '{{instance}}') +
+        ||| % [$.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor'), $.jobMatcher('compactor')], '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label) +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes({ format: 'percentunit', max: 1 }) },
       )
     )
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
index 5644af34..f4f1ec6a 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/dashboard-utils.libsonnet
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
 
   goHeapInUsePanel(title, jobName)::
     $.panel(title) +
-    $.queryPanel('sum by(instance) (go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{%s})' % $.jobMatcher(jobName), '{{instance}}') +
+    $.queryPanel(
+      'sum by(%s) (go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes{%s})' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.jobMatcher(jobName)],
+      '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+    ) +
     { yaxes: $.yaxes('bytes') },
 
   // Switches a panel from lines (default) to bars.
@@ -244,6 +247,6 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
 
   filterNodeDiskContainer(containerName)::
     |||
-      ignoring(pod) group_right() (label_replace(count by(pod, instance, device) (container_fs_writes_bytes_total{%s,container="%s",device!~".*sda.*"}), "device", "$1", "device", "/dev/(.*)") * 0)
-    ||| % [$.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
+      ignoring(%s) group_right() (label_replace(count by(%s, device) (container_fs_writes_bytes_total{%s,container="%s",device!~".*sda.*"}), "device", "$1", "device", "/dev/(.*)") * 0)
+    ||| % [$._config.per_instance_label, $._config.per_instance_label, $.namespaceMatcher(), containerName],
 }
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/queries.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/queries.libsonnet
index 5f51425b..fedbc949 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/queries.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/queries.libsonnet
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Queue Length') +
-        $.queryPanel('cortex_query_frontend_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.query_frontend), '{{cluster}} / {{namespace}} / {{instance}}'),
+        $.queryPanel('cortex_query_frontend_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.query_frontend), '{{cluster}} / {{namespace}} / {{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label),
       )
     )
     .addRow(
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Queue Length') +
-        $.queryPanel('cortex_query_scheduler_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.query_scheduler), '{{cluster}} / {{namespace}} / {{instance}}'),
+        $.queryPanel('cortex_query_scheduler_queue_length{%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.query_scheduler), '{{cluster}} / {{namespace}} / {{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label),
       )
     )
     .addRow(
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Blocks currently loaded') +
-        $.queryPanel('cortex_bucket_store_blocks_loaded{component="store-gateway",%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway), '{{instance}}')
+        $.queryPanel('cortex_bucket_store_blocks_loaded{component="store-gateway",%s}' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway), '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label)
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.successFailurePanel(
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Lazy loaded index-headers') +
-        $.queryPanel('cortex_bucket_store_indexheader_lazy_load_total{%s} - cortex_bucket_store_indexheader_lazy_unload_total{%s}' % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway)], '{{instance}}')
+        $.queryPanel('cortex_bucket_store_indexheader_lazy_load_total{%s} - cortex_bucket_store_indexheader_lazy_unload_total{%s}' % [$.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway), $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.store_gateway)], '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label)
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Index-header lazy load duration') +
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/reads-resources.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/reads-resources.libsonnet
index 7c3cc307..715673b6 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/reads-resources.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/reads-resources.libsonnet
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Ruler')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Rules') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance) (cortex_prometheus_rule_group_rules{%s})' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler), '{{instance}}'),
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s) (cortex_prometheus_rule_group_rules{%s})' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ruler)],
+          '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.containerCPUUsagePanel('CPU', 'ruler'),
@@ -101,13 +104,19 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Writes') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('store-gateway'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('store-gateway')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Reads') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('store-gateway'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('store-gateway')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
diff --git a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/writes-resources.libsonnet b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/writes-resources.libsonnet
index 5e7391ba..9d7e3e80 100644
--- a/cortex-mixin/dashboards/writes-resources.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex-mixin/dashboards/writes-resources.libsonnet
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('Ingester')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('In-memory series') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance) (cortex_ingester_memory_series{%s})' % $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester), '{{instance}}'),
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s) (cortex_ingester_memory_series{%s})' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.jobMatcher($._config.job_names.ingester)],
+          '{{%s}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ),
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.containerCPUUsagePanel('CPU', 'ingester'),
@@ -51,13 +54,19 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
       $.row('')
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Writes') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('ingester'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('ingester')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )
       .addPanel(
         $.panel('Disk Reads') +
-        $.queryPanel('sum by(instance, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % $.filterNodeDiskContainer('ingester'), '{{pod}} - {{device}}') +
+        $.queryPanel(
+          'sum by(%s, device) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[$__rate_interval])) + %s' % [$._config.per_instance_label, $.filterNodeDiskContainer('ingester')],
+          '{{%s}} - {{device}}' % $._config.per_instance_label
+        ) +
         $.stack +
         { yaxes: $.yaxes('Bps') },
       )