diff --git a/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go b/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
index 54d64c89583..a51ede4e8a7 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/ingester_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/storage/tsdb/block"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/usagestats"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util"
+	util_log "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/log"
 	util_math "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/math"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/push"
 	util_test "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/test"
@@ -5621,7 +5622,8 @@ func TestIngester_inflightPushRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := defaultIngesterTestConfig(t)
 	cfg.InstanceLimitsFn = func() *InstanceLimits { return &limits }
 
-	i, err := prepareIngesterWithBlocksStorage(t, cfg, nil)
+	reg := prometheus.NewPedanticRegistry()
+	i, err := prepareIngesterWithBlocksStorage(t, cfg, reg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, services.StartAndAwaitRunning(context.Background(), i))
 	defer services.StopAndAwaitTerminated(context.Background(), i) //nolint:errcheck
@@ -5688,10 +5690,21 @@ func TestIngester_inflightPushRequests(t *testing.T) {
 
 		_, err := i.Push(ctx, req)
 		require.Equal(t, errMaxInflightRequestsReached, err)
+		require.ErrorAs(t, err, &util_log.DoNotLogError{})
 		return nil
 	})
 
 	require.NoError(t, g.Wait())
+
+	// Ensure the rejected request has been tracked in a metric.
+	require.NoError(t, testutil.GatherAndCompare(reg, strings.NewReader(`
+		# HELP cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total Requests rejected for hitting per-instance limits
+		# TYPE cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total counter
+		cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total{reason="ingester_max_inflight_push_requests"} 1
+		cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total{reason="ingester_max_ingestion_rate"} 0
+		cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total{reason="ingester_max_series"} 0
+		cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total{reason="ingester_max_tenants"} 0
+	`), "cortex_ingester_instance_rejected_requests_total"))
 }
 
 func generateSamplesForLabel(baseLabels labels.Labels, series, samples int) *mimirpb.WriteRequest {