diff --git a/pkg/middleware/gziper.go b/pkg/middleware/gziper.go
index c72d14e18e2..02069695bf6 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/gziper.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/gziper.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var gzipIgnoredPaths = []matcher{
 	prefix("/api/datasources"),
 	prefix("/api/plugins"),
 	prefix("/api/plugin-proxy/"),
+	prefix("/api/gnet/"), // Already gzipped by grafana.com.
 	prefix("/metrics"),
 	prefix("/api/live/ws"),   // WebSocket does not support gzip compression.
 	prefix("/api/live/push"), // WebSocket does not support gzip compression.