diff --git a/receiver/prometheus.go b/receiver/prometheus.go
index b36639c2..cd1c84cd 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheus.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheus.go
@@ -182,49 +182,11 @@ func (rcv *PrometheusRemoteWrite) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		return
 	}
 
-	var req prompb.WriteRequest
-	if err := proto.Unmarshal(reqBuf, &req); err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+	err = rcv.unpackFast(r.Context(), reqBuf)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-
-	writer := RowBinary.NewWriter(r.Context(), rcv.writeChan)
-
-	series := req.GetTimeseries()
-	for i := 0; i < len(series); i++ {
-		metric, err := tags.Prometheus(series[i].GetLabels())
-
-		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
-			return
-		}
-
-		samples := series[i].GetSamples()
-
-		for j := 0; j < len(samples); j++ {
-			if samples[j] == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if math.IsNaN(samples[j].Value) {
-				continue
-			}
-			if rcv.isDropString(metric, writer.Now(), uint32(samples[j].Timestamp/1000), samples[j].Value) {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			writer.WritePoint(metric, samples[j].Value, samples[j].Timestamp/1000)
-		}
-	}
-
-	writer.Flush()
-
-	if samplesCount := writer.PointsWritten(); samplesCount > 0 {
-		atomic.AddUint64(&rcv.stat.samplesReceived, uint64(samplesCount))
-	}
-
-	if writeErrors := writer.WriteErrors(); writeErrors > 0 {
-		atomic.AddUint64(&rcv.stat.errors, uint64(writeErrors))
-	}
 }
 
 // Addr returns binded socket address. For bind port 0 in tests