diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23d2c89da8..58293351ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## unreleased
 
 * [CHANGE] TSDB: Fix the predicate checking for blocks which are beyond the retention period to include the ones right at the retention boundary. #9633
+* [CHANGE] Rules: Execute 1 query instead of N (where N is the number of alerts within alert rule) when restoring alerts. #13980
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Rules: Add `rule_group_last_restore_duration_seconds` to measure the time it takes to restore a rule group. #13974
 
 ## 2.51.2 / 2024-04-09
diff --git a/rules/group.go b/rules/group.go
index 4acce6e605..c4331a465b 100644
--- a/rules/group.go
+++ b/rules/group.go
@@ -681,15 +681,15 @@ func (g *Group) RestoreForState(ts time.Time) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		result := map[string]storage.Series{}
+		seriesByLabels := map[string]storage.Series{}
 		for sset.Next() {
-			result[sset.At().Labels().DropMetricName().String()] = sset.At()
+			seriesByLabels[sset.At().Labels().DropMetricName().String()] = sset.At()
 		}
 
 		alertRule.ForEachActiveAlert(func(a *Alert) {
 			var s storage.Series
 
-			s, ok := result[a.Labels.String()]
+			s, ok := seriesByLabels[a.Labels.String()]
 			if !ok {
 				return
 			}