diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index 7d60474fbaf8..c334cf8501b4 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ func (t *Loki) initDistributor() (services.Service, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) {
+	// Register the distributor to receive Push requests over GRPC
+	// EXCEPT when running with `-target=all` or `-target=` contains `ingester`
+	if !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) && !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ingester) {
 		logproto.RegisterPusherServer(t.Server.GRPC, t.distributor)
 	}