diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler.go b/pkg/receive/handler.go
index c436d32e8f1..9b93431be10 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler.go
@@ -767,8 +767,11 @@ func (h *Handler) fanoutForward(pctx context.Context, tenant string, wreqs map[e
 	}()
 
 	quorum := h.writeQuorum()
+	if seriesReplicated {
+		quorum = 1
+	}
 	successes := make([]int, numSeries)
-	seriesErrs := make([]writeErrors, numSeries)
+	seriesErrs := newSeriesErrors(quorum, numSeries)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-fctx.Done():
@@ -776,11 +779,7 @@ func (h *Handler) fanoutForward(pctx context.Context, tenant string, wreqs map[e
 		case wresp, more := <-ec:
 			if !more {
 				for _, rerr := range seriesErrs {
-					if seriesReplicated {
-						errs.Add(rerr.ErrOrNil())
-					} else {
-						errs.Add(rerr.replicationErr(quorum).ErrOrNil())
-					}
+					errs.Add(rerr)
 				}
 				return errs.ErrOrNil()
 			}
@@ -911,18 +910,46 @@ func (a expectedErrors) Len() int           { return len(a) }
 func (a expectedErrors) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 func (a expectedErrors) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].count < a[j].count }
 
-// writeErrors contains all errors that have
-// occurred during a remote-write request.
-type writeErrors struct {
+// errorSet is a set of errors.
+type errorSet struct {
 	reasonSet map[string]struct{}
 	errs      []error
 }
 
-// Add adds an error to the writeErrors.
-func (es *writeErrors) Add(err error) {
+// Error returns a string containing a deduplicated set of reasons.
+func (es errorSet) Error() string {
+	if len(es.reasonSet) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	reasons := make([]string, 0, len(es.reasonSet))
+	for reason := range es.reasonSet {
+		reasons = append(reasons, reason)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(reasons)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if len(reasons) > 1 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%d errors: ", len(es.reasonSet))
+	}
+
+	var more bool
+	for _, reason := range reasons {
+		if more {
+			buf.WriteString("; ")
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(reason)
+		more = true
+	}
+
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+// Add adds an error to the errorSet.
+func (es *errorSet) Add(err error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
+
 	if len(es.errs) == 0 {
 		es.errs = []error{err}
 	} else {
@@ -931,18 +958,30 @@ func (es *writeErrors) Add(err error) {
 	if es.reasonSet == nil {
 		es.reasonSet = make(map[string]struct{})
 	}
-	if werr, ok := err.(*writeErrors); ok {
+
+	switch werr := err.(type) {
+	case *replicationErrors:
 		for reason := range werr.reasonSet {
 			es.reasonSet[reason] = struct{}{}
 		}
-	} else {
+	case *writeErrors:
+		for reason := range werr.reasonSet {
+			es.reasonSet[reason] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	default:
 		es.reasonSet[err.Error()] = struct{}{}
 	}
 }
 
+// writeErrors contains all errors that have
+// occurred during a remote-write request.
+type writeErrors struct {
+	errorSet
+}
+
 // ErrOrNil returns the writeErrors instance if any
 // errors are contained in it.
-// Otherwise it returns nil.
+// Otherwise, it returns nil.
 func (es *writeErrors) ErrOrNil() error {
 	if len(es.errs) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -981,18 +1020,21 @@ func (es *writeErrors) Cause() error {
 	return nonRecoverableErr
 }
 
-// replicationErr extracts a sentinel error with the highest occurrence
-// that has happened more than the given threshold.
+// replicationErrors contains errors that have happened while
+// replicating a time series within a remote-write request.
+type replicationErrors struct {
+	errorSet
+	threshold int
+}
+
+// Cause extracts a sentinel error with the highest occurrence that
+// has happened more than the given threshold.
 // If no single error has occurred more than the threshold, but the
 // total number of errors meets the threshold,
 // replicationErr will return errInternal.
-func (es *writeErrors) replicationErr(threshold int) *writeErrors {
-	if es == nil {
-		return &writeErrors{}
-	}
-
+func (es *replicationErrors) Cause() error {
 	if len(es.errs) == 0 {
-		return &writeErrors{}
+		return errorSet{}
 	}
 
 	expErrs := expectedErrors{
@@ -1011,49 +1053,23 @@ func (es *writeErrors) replicationErr(threshold int) *writeErrors {
 
 	// Determine which error occurred most.
 	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(expErrs))
-	if exp := expErrs[0]; exp.count >= threshold {
-		return &writeErrors{
-			errs:      []error{exp.err},
-			reasonSet: es.reasonSet,
-		}
+	if exp := expErrs[0]; exp.count >= es.threshold {
+		return exp.err
 	}
 
-	if len(es.errs) >= threshold {
-		return &writeErrors{
-			errs:      []error{errInternal},
-			reasonSet: es.reasonSet,
-		}
+	if len(es.errs) >= es.threshold {
+		return errInternal
 	}
 
-	return &writeErrors{}
+	return nil
 }
 
-// Error returns a string containing a deduplicated set of reasons.
-func (es *writeErrors) Error() string {
-	if es == nil || len(es.reasonSet) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	reasons := make([]string, 0, len(es.reasonSet))
-	for reason := range es.reasonSet {
-		reasons = append(reasons, reason)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(reasons)
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	if len(reasons) > 1 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%d errors: ", len(es.reasonSet))
-	}
-
-	var more bool
-	for _, reason := range reasons {
-		if more {
-			buf.WriteString("; ")
-		}
-		buf.WriteString(reason)
-		more = true
+func newSeriesErrors(threshold, numErrors int) []*replicationErrors {
+	errs := make([]*replicationErrors, numErrors)
+	for i := range errs {
+		errs[i] = &replicationErrors{threshold: threshold}
 	}
-
-	return buf.String()
+	return errs
 }
 
 func newPeerGroup(dialOpts ...grpc.DialOption) *peerGroup {
diff --git a/pkg/receive/writer.go b/pkg/receive/writer.go
index 31877826318..7c10a8649da 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/writer.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/writer.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (r *Writer) Write(ctx context.Context, tenantID string, wreq *prompb.WriteR
 
 	var (
 		ref  storage.SeriesRef
-		errs writeErrors
+		errs = &writeErrors{}
 	)
 	for _, t := range wreq.Timeseries {
 		// Check if time series labels are valid. If not, skip the time series