diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/InMemoryAPIDeployer.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/InMemoryAPIDeployer.java
index e6e09cf5fa8a..61a2453e4614 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/InMemoryAPIDeployer.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/gateway/InMemoryAPIDeployer.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public boolean deployAPI(DeployAPIInGatewayEvent gatewayEvent) throws ArtifactSy
 
         String apiId = gatewayEvent.getUuid();
         Set<String> gatewayLabels = gatewayEvent.getGatewayLabels();
+        gatewayLabels.retainAll(gatewayArtifactSynchronizerProperties.getGatewayLabels());
         try {
             GatewayAPIDTO gatewayAPIDTO = retrieveArtifact(apiId, gatewayLabels);
             if (gatewayAPIDTO != null) {