diff --git a/managed/models/agent_helpers.go b/managed/models/agent_helpers.go
index 5a422296f2..b193cda1a3 100644
--- a/managed/models/agent_helpers.go
+++ b/managed/models/agent_helpers.go
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ type AgentFilters struct {
 	ServiceID string
 	// Return Agents with provided type.
 	AgentType *AgentType
-	// Return only Agents that provide insights for that AWSAccessKey.
-	AWSAccessKey string
 	// IgnoreNomad is used to ignore Nomad agents.
 	IgnoreNomad bool
 	// Disabled indicates whether to filter by disabled status.
@@ -267,11 +265,6 @@ func FindAgents(q *reform.Querier, filters AgentFilters) ([]*Agent, error) {
 		args = append(args, *filters.AgentType)
 		idx++
 	}
-	if filters.AWSAccessKey != "" {
-		conditions = append(conditions, fmt.Sprintf("(aws_options ? 'aws_access_key' AND aws_options->>'aws_access_key' = %s)", q.Placeholder(idx)))
-		args = append(args, filters.AWSAccessKey)
-		idx++
-	}
 	if filters.IgnoreNomad {
 		conditions = append(conditions, "agent_type != "+q.Placeholder(idx))
 		args = append(args, NomadAgentType)
diff --git a/managed/services/agents/roster.go b/managed/services/agents/roster.go
index 0ed620951b..53c8794a3b 100644
--- a/managed/services/agents/roster.go
+++ b/managed/services/agents/roster.go
@@ -85,14 +85,19 @@ func (r *roster) get(groupID string) (string, []string, error) {
 			agentIDs = []string{PMMAgentID}
 		} else {
 			awsAccessKey := strings.TrimPrefix(parts[1], rdsPrefix)
-			filters := models.AgentFilters{PMMAgentID: PMMAgentID, AgentType: new(models.RDSExporterType), AWSAccessKey: awsAccessKey}
+			// aws_access_key is encrypted at rest, and FindAgents decrypts rows only
+			// after the WHERE clause, so a SQL filter on the access key never matches.
+			// Match it in Go on the decrypted value instead.
+			filters := models.AgentFilters{PMMAgentID: PMMAgentID, AgentType: new(models.RDSExporterType)}
 			agents, err := models.FindAgents(r.db.Querier, filters)
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", nil, err
 			}
 			agentIDs = make([]string, 0, len(agents))
 			for _, agent := range agents {
-				agentIDs = append(agentIDs, agent.AgentID)
+				if agent.AWSOptions.AWSAccessKey == awsAccessKey {
+					agentIDs = append(agentIDs, agent.AgentID)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/managed/services/agents/roster_test.go b/managed/services/agents/roster_test.go
index 7eda8a156b..7b158510fd 100644
--- a/managed/services/agents/roster_test.go
+++ b/managed/services/agents/roster_test.go
@@ -114,4 +114,40 @@ func TestRoster(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "pmm-server", PMMAgentID)
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{}, agentIDs)
 	})
+
+	// Regression test for the cold-cache DB fallback. aws_access_key is encrypted
+	// at rest, so resolving the group by an access key must work against the
+	// decrypted value. Seeding through the models API encrypts the key exactly as
+	// in production; get() runs on a cold roster (no prior add), exercising the
+	// fallback. This fails if get() filters the encrypted column in SQL and passes
+	// once the match is done in Go.
+	t.Run("GetFromDBEncryptedAccessKey", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r, teardown := setup(t)
+		defer teardown(t)
+
+		const awsAccessKey = "test-access-key"
+
+		node, err := models.CreateNode(r.db.Querier, models.RemoteRDSNodeType, &models.CreateNodeParams{
+			NodeName:   "test-rds-roster-node",
+			Address:    "rds-roster-test.xyzzy.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com",
+			Region:     new("us-east-1"),
+			AZ:         "us-east-1a",
+			InstanceID: "rds-roster-test",
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		agent, err := models.CreateAgent(r.db.Querier, models.RDSExporterType, &models.CreateAgentParams{
+			PMMAgentID: models.PMMServerAgentID,
+			NodeID:     node.NodeID,
+			AWSOptions: models.AWSOptions{AWSAccessKey: awsAccessKey},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Cold roster: no prior add(), so get() resolves members from the DB.
+		groupID := models.PMMServerAgentID + ":" + rdsPrefix + awsAccessKey
+		PMMAgentID, agentIDs, err := r.get(groupID)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, models.PMMServerAgentID, PMMAgentID)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{agent.AgentID}, agentIDs)
+	})
 }