diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor_ingest_storage_test.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor_ingest_storage_test.go
index 5c8a385384c..d7bcdc046ca 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor_ingest_storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor_ingest_storage_test.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestDistributor_Push_ShouldReturnErrorMappedTo4xxStatusCodeIfWriteRequestCo
 		// We expect a gRPC error.
 		errStatus, ok := grpcutil.ErrorToStatus(err)
 		require.True(t, ok)
-		assert.Equal(t, codes.FailedPrecondition, errStatus.Code())
+		assert.Equal(t, codes.InvalidArgument, errStatus.Code())
 		assert.ErrorContains(t, errStatus.Err(), ingest.ErrWriteRequestDataItemTooLarge.Error())
 
 		// We expect the gRPC error to be detected as client error.
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/errors.go b/pkg/distributor/errors.go
index b5f6f9374b1..ae5689582af 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/errors.go
@@ -274,9 +274,8 @@ func toGRPCStatusCode(errCause mimirpb.ErrorCause, serviceOverloadErrorEnabled b
 	case mimirpb.INGESTION_RATE_LIMITED, mimirpb.REQUEST_RATE_LIMITED:
 		if serviceOverloadErrorEnabled {
 			return codes.Unavailable
-		} else {
-			return codes.ResourceExhausted
 		}
+		return codes.ResourceExhausted
 	case mimirpb.REPLICAS_DID_NOT_MATCH:
 		return codes.AlreadyExists
 	case mimirpb.TOO_MANY_CLUSTERS: