diff --git a/cmd/thanos/store.go b/cmd/thanos/store.go
index eadcf9340f..217e89c9e3 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/store.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/store.go
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ func runStore(
 
 	queriesGate := gate.New(extprom.WrapRegistererWithPrefix("thanos_bucket_store_series_", reg), maxConcurrency)
 
+	chunkPool, err := store.NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(chunkPoolSizeBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "create chunk pool")
+	}
+
 	bs, err := store.NewBucketStore(
 		logger,
 		reg,
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ func runStore(
 		dataDir,
 		indexCache,
 		queriesGate,
-		chunkPoolSizeBytes,
+		chunkPool,
 		store.NewChunksLimiterFactory(maxSampleCount/store.MaxSamplesPerChunk), // The samples limit is an approximation based on the max number of samples per chunk.
 		store.NewSeriesLimiterFactory(maxSeriesCount),
 		verbose,
diff --git a/pkg/pool/pool.go b/pkg/pool/pool.go
index ede9e667bf..25eec7c736 100644
--- a/pkg/pool/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/pool/pool.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewBucketedBytesPool(minSize, maxSize int, factor float64, maxTotal uint64)
 // ErrPoolExhausted is returned if a pool cannot provide the request bytes.
 var ErrPoolExhausted = errors.New("pool exhausted")
 
-// Get returns a new byte slices that fits the given size.
+// Get returns a new byte slice that fits the given size.
 func (p *BucketedBytesPool) Get(sz int) (*[]byte, error) {
 	p.mtx.Lock()
 	defer p.mtx.Unlock()
diff --git a/pkg/store/bucket.go b/pkg/store/bucket.go
index 26b02ab8ec..51200ada59 100644
--- a/pkg/store/bucket.go
+++ b/pkg/store/bucket.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func NewBucketStore(
 	dir string,
 	indexCache storecache.IndexCache,
 	queryGate gate.Gate,
-	maxChunkPoolBytes uint64,
+	chunkPool pool.BytesPool,
 	chunksLimiterFactory ChunksLimiterFactory,
 	seriesLimiterFactory SeriesLimiterFactory,
 	debugLogging bool,
@@ -316,11 +316,6 @@ func NewBucketStore(
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
 
-	chunkPool, err := pool.NewBucketedBytesPool(maxChunkSize, 50e6, 2, maxChunkPoolBytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "create chunk pool")
-	}
-
 	s := &BucketStore{
 		logger:                      logger,
 		bkt:                         bkt,
@@ -2449,3 +2444,8 @@ func (s queryStats) merge(o *queryStats) *queryStats {
 
 	return &s
 }
+
+// NewDefaultChunkBytesPool returns a chunk bytes pool with default settings.
+func NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(maxChunkPoolBytes uint64) (pool.BytesPool, error) {
+	return pool.NewBucketedBytesPool(maxChunkSize, 50e6, 2, maxChunkPoolBytes)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/store/bucket_e2e_test.go b/pkg/store/bucket_e2e_test.go
index 6626fb41a8..b5b329cc3d 100644
--- a/pkg/store/bucket_e2e_test.go
+++ b/pkg/store/bucket_e2e_test.go
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ func prepareStoreWithTestBlocks(t testing.TB, dir string, bkt objstore.Bucket, m
 	}, nil)
 	testutil.Ok(t, err)
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(0)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	store, err := NewBucketStore(
 		s.logger,
 		nil,
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ func prepareStoreWithTestBlocks(t testing.TB, dir string, bkt objstore.Bucket, m
 		dir,
 		s.cache,
 		nil,
-		0,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(maxChunksLimit),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,
diff --git a/pkg/store/bucket_test.go b/pkg/store/bucket_test.go
index ac9a33ffcb..19153f5fbf 100644
--- a/pkg/store/bucket_test.go
+++ b/pkg/store/bucket_test.go
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ func TestBucketStore_Info(t *testing.T) {
 
 	defer testutil.Ok(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(2e5)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	bucketStore, err := NewBucketStore(
 		nil,
 		nil,
@@ -573,7 +576,7 @@ func TestBucketStore_Info(t *testing.T) {
 		dir,
 		noopCache{},
 		nil,
-		2e5,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(0),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,
@@ -817,6 +820,9 @@ func testSharding(t *testing.T, reuseDisk string, bkt objstore.Bucket, all ...ul
 			}, nil)
 			testutil.Ok(t, err)
 
+			chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(0)
+			testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 			bucketStore, err := NewBucketStore(
 				logger,
 				nil,
@@ -825,7 +831,7 @@ func testSharding(t *testing.T, reuseDisk string, bkt objstore.Bucket, all ...ul
 				dir,
 				noopCache{},
 				nil,
-				0,
+				chunkPool,
 				NewChunksLimiterFactory(0),
 				NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 				false,
@@ -1636,6 +1642,9 @@ func TestSeries_ErrorUnmarshallingRequestHints(t *testing.T) {
 	indexCache, err := storecache.NewInMemoryIndexCacheWithConfig(logger, nil, storecache.InMemoryIndexCacheConfig{})
 	testutil.Ok(tb, err)
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(1000000)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	store, err := NewBucketStore(
 		logger,
 		nil,
@@ -1644,7 +1653,7 @@ func TestSeries_ErrorUnmarshallingRequestHints(t *testing.T) {
 		tmpDir,
 		indexCache,
 		nil,
-		1000000,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(10000/MaxSamplesPerChunk),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,
@@ -1730,6 +1739,9 @@ func TestSeries_BlockWithMultipleChunks(t *testing.T) {
 	indexCache, err := storecache.NewInMemoryIndexCacheWithConfig(logger, nil, storecache.InMemoryIndexCacheConfig{})
 	testutil.Ok(tb, err)
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(1000000)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	store, err := NewBucketStore(
 		logger,
 		nil,
@@ -1738,7 +1750,7 @@ func TestSeries_BlockWithMultipleChunks(t *testing.T) {
 		tmpDir,
 		indexCache,
 		nil,
-		1000000,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(100000/MaxSamplesPerChunk),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,
@@ -1875,6 +1887,9 @@ func TestBlockWithLargeChunks(t *testing.T) {
 	indexCache, err := storecache.NewInMemoryIndexCacheWithConfig(logger, nil, storecache.InMemoryIndexCacheConfig{})
 	testutil.Ok(t, err)
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(1000000)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	store, err := NewBucketStore(
 		logger,
 		nil,
@@ -1883,7 +1898,7 @@ func TestBlockWithLargeChunks(t *testing.T) {
 		tmpDir,
 		indexCache,
 		nil,
-		1000000,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(10000/MaxSamplesPerChunk),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,
@@ -2036,6 +2051,9 @@ func setupStoreForHintsTest(t *testing.T) (testutil.TB, *BucketStore, []*storepb
 	indexCache, err := storecache.NewInMemoryIndexCacheWithConfig(logger, nil, storecache.InMemoryIndexCacheConfig{})
 	testutil.Ok(tb, err)
 
+	chunkPool, err := NewDefaultChunkBytesPool(1000000)
+	testutil.Ok(t, err)
+
 	store, err := NewBucketStore(
 		logger,
 		nil,
@@ -2044,7 +2062,7 @@ func setupStoreForHintsTest(t *testing.T) (testutil.TB, *BucketStore, []*storepb
 		tmpDir,
 		indexCache,
 		nil,
-		1000000,
+		chunkPool,
 		NewChunksLimiterFactory(10000/MaxSamplesPerChunk),
 		NewSeriesLimiterFactory(0),
 		false,