diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d6f1a9fa7b7e6..9dde85dc0ffa2 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@ func (c *Config) addProcessor(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("undefined but requested processor: %s", name)
 	}
-	streamingProcessor := creator()
 
 	// For processors with parsers we need to compute the set of
 	// options that is not covered by both, the parser and the processor.
@@ -772,51 +771,26 @@ func (c *Config) addProcessor(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var processor interface{}
-	processor = streamingProcessor
-	if p, ok := streamingProcessor.(unwrappable); ok {
-		processor = p.Unwrap()
-	}
-
-	// If the (underlying) processor has a SetParser or SetParserFunc function,
-	// it can accept arbitrary data-formats, so build the requested parser and
-	// set it.
-	if t, ok := processor.(telegraf.ParserPlugin); ok {
-		missCountThreshold = 2
-		parser, err := c.addParser("processors", name, table)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("adding parser failed: %w", err)
-		}
-		t.SetParser(parser)
-	}
-
-	if t, ok := processor.(telegraf.ParserFuncPlugin); ok {
-		missCountThreshold = 2
-		if !c.probeParser(table) {
-			return errors.New("parser not found")
-		}
-		t.SetParserFunc(func() (telegraf.Parser, error) {
-			return c.addParser("processors", name, table)
-		})
-	}
-
-	// Set up the processor
-	if err := c.setupProcessorOptions(processorConfig.Name, streamingProcessor, table); err != nil {
+	// Setup the processor running before the aggregators
+	processorBefore, hasParser, err := c.setupProcessor(processorConfig.Name, creator, table)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	rf := models.NewRunningProcessor(streamingProcessor, processorConfig)
+	rf := models.NewRunningProcessor(processorBefore, processorConfig)
 	c.Processors = append(c.Processors, rf)
 
-	// Save a copy for the aggregator
-	if err := c.setupProcessorOptions(processorConfig.Name, streamingProcessor, table); err != nil {
+	// Setup another (new) processor instance running after the aggregator
+	processorAfter, _, err := c.setupProcessor(processorConfig.Name, creator, table)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	rf = models.NewRunningProcessor(streamingProcessor, processorConfig)
+	rf = models.NewRunningProcessor(processorAfter, processorConfig)
 	c.AggProcessors = append(c.AggProcessors, rf)
 
 	// Check the number of misses against the threshold
+	if hasParser {
+		missCountThreshold = 2
+	}
 	for key, count := range missCount {
 		if count <= missCountThreshold {
 			continue
@@ -829,20 +803,46 @@ func (c *Config) addProcessor(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Config) setupProcessorOptions(name string, processor telegraf.StreamingProcessor, table *ast.Table) error {
-	if p, ok := processor.(unwrappable); ok {
-		unwrapped := p.Unwrap()
-		if err := c.toml.UnmarshalTable(table, unwrapped); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling unwrappable failed: %w", err)
+func (c *Config) setupProcessor(name string, creator processors.StreamingCreator, table *ast.Table) (telegraf.StreamingProcessor, bool, error) {
+	var hasParser bool
+
+	streamingProcessor := creator()
+
+	var processor interface{}
+	if p, ok := streamingProcessor.(unwrappable); ok {
+		processor = p.Unwrap()
+	} else {
+		processor = streamingProcessor
+	}
+
+	// If the (underlying) processor has a SetParser or SetParserFunc function,
+	// it can accept arbitrary data-formats, so build the requested parser and
+	// set it.
+	if t, ok := processor.(telegraf.ParserPlugin); ok {
+		parser, err := c.addParser("processors", name, table)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, true, fmt.Errorf("adding parser failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		t.SetParser(parser)
+		hasParser = true
+	}
+
+	if t, ok := processor.(telegraf.ParserFuncPlugin); ok {
+		if !c.probeParser(table) {
+			return nil, false, errors.New("parser not found")
 		}
-		return c.printUserDeprecation("processors", name, unwrapped)
+		t.SetParserFunc(func() (telegraf.Parser, error) {
+			return c.addParser("processors", name, table)
+		})
+		hasParser = true
 	}
 
 	if err := c.toml.UnmarshalTable(table, processor); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling failed: %w", err)
+		return nil, hasParser, fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return c.printUserDeprecation("processors", name, processor)
+	err := c.printUserDeprecation("processors", name, processor)
+	return streamingProcessor, hasParser, err
 }
 
 func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {