diff --git a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read.go b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read.go
index f1afe107758..77b4aa832d7 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read.go
@@ -18,14 +18,41 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util"
 )
 
+func RemoteReadPreprocessor(req *http.Request) (url.Values, error) {
+	remoteReadRequest, err := parseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := blockQueries(remoteReadRequest); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := applyLimits(remoteReadRequest); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return remoteReadRequestToURLValues(remoteReadRequest)
+}
+
+// blockQueries blocks queries in the remote read request.
+// returns an error if the request contains blocked queries.
+func blockQueries(_ *prompb.ReadRequest) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// applyLimits applies limits to the remote read request.
+// returns an error if the request exceeds the limits.
+func applyLimits(_ *prompb.ReadRequest) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody parses a remote read request
 // without consuming the body. It does not check the req.Body size, so it is
 // the caller's responsibility to ensure that the body is not too large.
-func ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req *http.Request) (url.Values, error) {
-	params := make(url.Values)
-
+func parseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req *http.Request) (*prompb.ReadRequest, error) {
 	if req.Body == nil {
-		return params, nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	bodyBytes, err := util.ReadRequestBodyWithoutConsuming(req)
@@ -33,13 +60,23 @@ func ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req *http.Request) (url.Values,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	remoteReadRequest := prompb.ReadRequest{}
+	remoteReadRequest := &prompb.ReadRequest{}
 
-	_, err = util.ParseProtoReader(req.Context(), io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes)), int(req.ContentLength), querier.MaxRemoteReadQuerySize, nil, &remoteReadRequest, util.RawSnappy)
+	_, err = util.ParseProtoReader(req.Context(), io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes)), int(req.ContentLength), querier.MaxRemoteReadQuerySize, nil, remoteReadRequest, util.RawSnappy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	return remoteReadRequest, nil
+}
+
+func remoteReadRequestToURLValues(remoteReadRequest *prompb.ReadRequest) (url.Values, error) {
+	params := make(url.Values)
+
+	if remoteReadRequest == nil {
+		return params, nil
+	}
+
 	add := func(i int, name, value string) { params.Add(name+"_"+strconv.Itoa(i), value) }
 
 	queries := remoteReadRequest.GetQueries()
@@ -66,5 +103,5 @@ func ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req *http.Request) (url.Values,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return params, err
+	return params, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read_test.go b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read_test.go
index eb6b7db3b06..b39926bf6a2 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read_test.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/querymiddleware/remote_read_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRemoteReadPreprocessor(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		reqBody               func() io.ReadCloser
 		contentLength         int
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(t *testing.T) {
 			req := &http.Request{
 				Body: tc.reqBody(),
 			}
-			params, err := ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(req)
+			params, err := RemoteReadPreprocessor(req)
 			if err != nil {
 				if tc.expectedErrorIs != nil {
 					require.ErrorIs(t, err, tc.expectedErrorIs)
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go b/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
index 1f1fd5b8c14..70cf7718a5a 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/transport/handler.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (f *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var err error
 
 	if r.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "application/x-protobuf" && querymiddleware.IsRemoteReadQuery(r.URL.Path) {
-		params, err = querymiddleware.ParseRemoteReadRequestWithoutConsumingBody(r)
+		params, err = querymiddleware.RemoteReadPreprocessor(r)
 	} else {
 		params, err = util.ParseRequestFormWithoutConsumingBody(r)
 	}