diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
index 4fc49fa6359..907e14ecf03 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor_test.go
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ func TestPush_QuorumError(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := d.Push(ctx, request)
 		status, ok := status.FromError(err)
 		require.True(t, ok)
-		require.True(t, status.Code() == 429 || status.Code() == 500)
+		require.Equal(t, codes.Code(429), status.Code())
 	}
 
 	// Simulating 1 error -> Should return 2xx
diff --git a/pkg/ring/batch.go b/pkg/ring/batch.go
index 26d4cb203a4..4eb82c0ed64 100644
--- a/pkg/ring/batch.go
+++ b/pkg/ring/batch.go
@@ -30,19 +30,29 @@ type itemTracker struct {
 	failed4xx   atomic.Int32
 	failed5xx   atomic.Int32
 	remaining   atomic.Int32
-	err         atomic.Error
+	err4xx      atomic.Error
+	err5xx      atomic.Error
 }
 
 func (i *itemTracker) recordError(err error) int32 {
-	i.err.Store(err)
 
 	if status, ok := status.FromError(err); ok && status.Code()/100 == 4 {
+		i.err4xx.Store(err)
 		return i.failed4xx.Inc()
 	}
 
+	i.err5xx.Store(err)
 	return i.failed5xx.Inc()
 }
 
+func (i *itemTracker) getError() error {
+	if i.failed5xx.Load() > i.failed4xx.Load() {
+		return i.err5xx.Load()
+	}
+
+	return i.err4xx.Load()
+}
+
 // DoBatch request against a set of keys in the ring, handling replication and
 // failures. For example if we want to write N items where they may all
 // hit different instances, and we want them all replicated R ways with
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ func (b *batchTracker) record(sampleTrackers []*itemTracker, err error) {
 			// Ex: 5xx, _, 5xx -> return 5xx
 			if errCount > int32(sampleTrackers[i].maxFailures) || sampleTrackers[i].remaining.Dec() == 0 {
 				if b.rpcsFailed.Inc() == 1 {
-					b.err <- err
+					b.err <- sampleTrackers[i].getError()
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -165,7 +175,7 @@ func (b *batchTracker) record(sampleTrackers []*itemTracker, err error) {
 			// Ex: 4xx, 5xx, 2xx
 			if sampleTrackers[i].remaining.Dec() == 0 {
 				if b.rpcsFailed.Inc() == 1 {
-					b.err <- sampleTrackers[i].err.Load()
+					b.err <- sampleTrackers[i].getError()
 				}
 			}
 		}