diff --git a/workflow/util/util.go b/workflow/util/util.go
index d768880f267c..16ac41021066 100644
--- a/workflow/util/util.go
+++ b/workflow/util/util.go
@@ -546,15 +546,16 @@ func FormulateResubmitWorkflow(wf *wfv1.Workflow, memoized bool) (*wfv1.Workflow
 	newWF.Spec.Shutdown = ""
 
 	// carry over user labels and annotations from previous workflow.
-	// skip any argoproj.io labels except for the controller instanceID label.
 	if newWF.ObjectMeta.Labels == nil {
 		newWF.ObjectMeta.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 	}
 	for key, val := range wf.ObjectMeta.Labels {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(key, workflow.WorkflowFullName+"/") && key != common.LabelKeyControllerInstanceID {
-			continue
+		switch key {
+		case common.LabelKeyCreator, common.LabelKeyPhase, common.LabelKeyCompleted:
+			// ignore
+		default:
+			newWF.ObjectMeta.Labels[key] = val
 		}
-		newWF.ObjectMeta.Labels[key] = val
 	}
 	// Append an additional label so it's easy for user to see the
 	// name of the original workflow that has been resubmitted.
diff --git a/workflow/util/util_test.go b/workflow/util/util_test.go
index 4a6a798f6544..fbf7ad5b9ba8 100644
--- a/workflow/util/util_test.go
+++ b/workflow/util/util_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	wfv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo/pkg/apis/workflow/v1alpha1"
 	fakeClientset "github.com/argoproj/argo/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo/workflow/common"
 	hydratorfake "github.com/argoproj/argo/workflow/hydrator/fake"
 )
 
@@ -521,3 +522,33 @@ func TestApplySubmitOpts(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestFormulateResubmitWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Labels", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wf := &wfv1.Workflow{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					common.LabelKeyControllerInstanceID:    "1",
+					common.LabelKeyClusterWorkflowTemplate: "1",
+					common.LabelKeyCronWorkflow:            "1",
+					common.LabelKeyWorkflowTemplate:        "1",
+					common.LabelKeyCreator:                 "1",
+					common.LabelKeyPhase:                   "1",
+					common.LabelKeyCompleted:               "1",
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		wf, err := FormulateResubmitWorkflow(wf, false)
+		if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+			assert.Contains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyControllerInstanceID)
+			assert.Contains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyClusterWorkflowTemplate)
+			assert.Contains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyCronWorkflow)
+			assert.Contains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyWorkflowTemplate)
+			assert.NotContains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyCreator)
+			assert.NotContains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyPhase)
+			assert.NotContains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyCompleted)
+			assert.Contains(t, wf.GetLabels(), common.LabelKeyPreviousWorkflowName)
+		}
+	})
+
+}