diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler.go b/pkg/receive/handler.go
index 495afa1559..52d194125f 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler.go
@@ -638,14 +638,6 @@ func (h *Handler) forward(ctx context.Context, tenant string, r replica, wreq *p
 	span, ctx := tracing.StartSpan(ctx, "receive_fanout_forward")
 	defer span.Finish()
 
-	// It is possible that hashring is ready in testReady() but unready now,
-	// so need to lock here.
-	h.mtx.RLock()
-	if h.hashring == nil {
-		h.mtx.RUnlock()
-		return errors.New("hashring is not ready")
-	}
-
 	var replicas []uint64
 	if r.replicated {
 		replicas = []uint64{r.n}
diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler_test.go b/pkg/receive/handler_test.go
index affabc085c..5bdb2fef47 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/efficientgo/core/testutil"
 
@@ -1664,3 +1665,79 @@ func TestHandlerEarlyStop(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.NotOk(t, err)
 	testutil.Equals(t, "http: Server closed", err.Error())
 }
+
+func TestHandlerFlippingHashrings(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewHandler(log.NewLogfmtLogger(os.Stderr), &Options{})
+	t.Cleanup(h.Close)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	h1, err := newSimpleHashring([]Endpoint{
+		{
+			Address: "http://localhost:9090",
+		},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	h2, err := newSimpleHashring([]Endpoint{
+		{
+			Address: "http://localhost:9091",
+		},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	h.Hashring(h1)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+
+			err := h.handleRequest(ctx, 0, "test", &prompb.WriteRequest{
+				Timeseries: []prompb.TimeSeries{
+					{
+						Labels: labelpb.ZLabelsFromPromLabels(labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar")),
+						Samples: []prompb.Sample{
+							{
+								Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+								Value:     123,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			})
+			require.Error(t, err)
+		}
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		var flipper bool
+
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(200 * time.Millisecond):
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+
+			if flipper {
+				h.Hashring(h2)
+			} else {
+				h.Hashring(h1)
+			}
+			flipper = !flipper
+		}
+	}()
+
+	<-time.After(1 * time.Second)
+	cancel()
+	wg.Wait()
+}