diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0947c06dd100..2731aa559354 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ internal API changes are not present.
 Main (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
+### Bugfixes
+
+- `loki.source.podlogs`: Fixed a bug which prevented clustering from working and caused duplicate logs to be sent.
+  The bug only happened when no `selector` or `namespace_selector` blocks were specified in the Agent configuration. (@ptodev)
+
 ### Enhancements
 
 - Upgrade `github.com/goccy/go-json` to v0.10.4, which reduces the memory consumption of an Agent instance by 20MB.
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/podlogs/podlogs.go b/internal/component/loki/source/podlogs/podlogs.go
index c7f28202d193..3516a5243148 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/podlogs/podlogs.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/podlogs/podlogs.go
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ func (c *Component) updateTailer(args Arguments) error {
 // updateReconciler updates the state of the reconciler. This must only be
 // called after updateTailer. mut must be held when calling.
 func (c *Component) updateReconciler(args Arguments) error {
+	// The clustering settings should always be updated,
+	// even if the selectors haven't changed.
+	c.reconciler.SetDistribute(args.Clustering.Enabled)
+
 	var (
 		selectorChanged          = !reflect.DeepEqual(c.args.Selector, args.Selector)
 		namespaceSelectorChanged = !reflect.DeepEqual(c.args.NamespaceSelector, args.NamespaceSelector)
@@ -276,7 +280,6 @@ func (c *Component) updateReconciler(args Arguments) error {
 	}
 
 	c.reconciler.UpdateSelectors(sel, nsSel)
-	c.reconciler.SetDistribute(args.Clustering.Enabled)
 
 	// Request a reconcile so the new selectors get applied.
 	c.controller.RequestReconcile()