diff --git a/rules/manager.go b/rules/manager.go
index ced61ea4925..42f1b59ce0a 100644
--- a/rules/manager.go
+++ b/rules/manager.go
@@ -673,6 +673,9 @@ func (g *Group) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) {
 					rule.SetLastError(err)
 					sp.SetStatus(codes.Error, err.Error())
 					unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+					if unwrappedErr == nil {
+						unwrappedErr = err
+					}
 					switch {
 					case errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample):
 						numOutOfOrder++
@@ -700,6 +703,9 @@ func (g *Group) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) {
 					// Series no longer exposed, mark it stale.
 					_, err = app.Append(0, lset, timestamp.FromTime(ts), math.Float64frombits(value.StaleNaN))
 					unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+					if unwrappedErr == nil {
+						unwrappedErr = err
+					}
 					switch {
 					case unwrappedErr == nil:
 					case errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample), errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp):
@@ -727,6 +733,9 @@ func (g *Group) cleanupStaleSeries(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) {
 		// Rule that produced series no longer configured, mark it stale.
 		_, err := app.Append(0, s, timestamp.FromTime(ts), math.Float64frombits(value.StaleNaN))
 		unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+		if unwrappedErr == nil {
+			unwrappedErr = err
+		}
 		switch {
 		case unwrappedErr == nil:
 		case errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample), errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp):
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler.go b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
index ad1f0f3ae1b..7a2a9951cf6 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
@@ -67,11 +67,14 @@ func (h *writeHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // checkAppendExemplarError modifies the AppendExamplar's returned error based on the error cause.
 func (h *writeHandler) checkAppendExemplarError(err error, e exemplar.Exemplar, outOfOrderErrs *int) error {
-	unwrapedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+	unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+	if unwrappedErr == nil {
+		unwrappedErr = err
+	}
 	switch {
-	case errors.Is(unwrapedErr, storage.ErrNotFound):
+	case errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrNotFound):
 		return storage.ErrNotFound
-	case errors.Is(unwrapedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderExemplar):
+	case errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderExemplar):
 		*outOfOrderErrs++
 		level.Debug(h.logger).Log("msg", "Out of order exemplar", "exemplar", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", e))
 		return nil
@@ -98,8 +101,11 @@ func (h *writeHandler) write(ctx context.Context, req *prompb.WriteRequest) (err
 		for _, s := range ts.Samples {
 			_, err = app.Append(0, labels, s.Timestamp, s.Value)
 			if err != nil {
-				unwrapedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
-				if errors.Is(unwrapedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample) || errors.Is(unwrapedErr, storage.ErrOutOfBounds) || errors.Is(unwrapedErr, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp) {
+				unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+				if unwrappedErr == nil {
+					unwrappedErr = err
+				}
+				if errors.Is(err, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample) || errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfBounds) || errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp) {
 					level.Error(h.logger).Log("msg", "Out of order sample from remote write", "err", err.Error(), "series", labels.String(), "timestamp", s.Timestamp)
 				}
 				return err
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@ func (h *writeHandler) write(ctx context.Context, req *prompb.WriteRequest) (err
 			_, err = app.AppendHistogram(0, labels, hp.Timestamp, hs)
 			if err != nil {
 				unwrappedErr := errors.Unwrap(err)
+				if unwrappedErr == nil {
+					unwrappedErr = err
+				}
 				// Althogh AppendHistogram does not currently return ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp there is
 				// a note indicating its inclusion in the future.
 				if errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfOrderSample) || errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrOutOfBounds) || errors.Is(unwrappedErr, storage.ErrDuplicateSampleForTimestamp) {