diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 252816a7db..6127bd3cd9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Distributor: Add count, spans, and buckets validations for native histogram. #7072
 * [BUGFIX] Ring: Change DynamoDB KV to retry indefinitely for WatchKey. #7088
 * [BUGFIX] Ruler: Add XFunctions validation support. #7111
+* [BUGFIX] Distributor: Fix panic on health check failure when using stream push. #7116
 
 ## 1.20.0 2025-11-10
 
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/client/client.go b/pkg/ingester/client/client.go
index ed8bacd45a..eb0ac91ec0 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/client/client.go
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ func (c *closableHealthAndIngesterClient) worker(ctx context.Context) error {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
-			case job := <-c.streamPushChan:
+			case job, ok := <-c.streamPushChan:
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
 				err = stream.Send(job.req)
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					job.resp = &cortexpb.WriteResponse{}
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/client/client_test.go b/pkg/ingester/client/client_test.go
index 02edc8d070..4f8316147a 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/client/client_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
@@ -115,12 +116,18 @@ func createTestIngesterClient(maxInflightPushRequests int64, currentInflightRequ
 
 type mockIngester struct {
 	IngesterClient
+	mock.Mock
 }
 
 func (m *mockIngester) Push(_ context.Context, _ *cortexpb.WriteRequest, _ ...grpc.CallOption) (*cortexpb.WriteResponse, error) {
 	return &cortexpb.WriteResponse{}, nil
 }
 
+func (m *mockIngester) PushStream(ctx context.Context, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (Ingester_PushStreamClient, error) {
+	args := m.Called(ctx, opts)
+	return args.Get(0).(Ingester_PushStreamClient), nil
+}
+
 type mockClientConn struct {
 	ClosableClientConn
 }
@@ -227,3 +234,40 @@ func TestClosableHealthAndIngesterClient_Close_WithPendingJobs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, job1Cancelled, "job1 should have been cancelled")
 	assert.True(t, job2Cancelled, "job2 should have been cancelled")
 }
+
+type mockClientStream struct {
+	mock.Mock
+	grpc.ClientStream
+}
+
+func (m *mockClientStream) Send(msg *cortexpb.StreamWriteRequest) error {
+	args := m.Called(msg)
+	return args.Error(0)
+}
+
+func (m *mockClientStream) Recv() (*cortexpb.WriteResponse, error) {
+	return &cortexpb.WriteResponse{}, nil
+}
+
+func TestClosableHealthAndIngesterClient_ShouldNotPanicWhenClose(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	streamChan := make(chan *streamWriteJob)
+
+	mockIngester := &mockIngester{}
+	mockStream := &mockClientStream{}
+	mockIngester.On("PushStream", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(mockStream, nil).Once()
+
+	client := &closableHealthAndIngesterClient{
+		IngesterClient:       mockIngester,
+		conn:                 &mockClientConn{},
+		addr:                 "test-addr",
+		inflightPushRequests: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{}, []string{"ingester"}),
+		streamCtx:            ctx,
+		streamCancel:         cancel,
+		streamPushChan:       streamChan,
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, client.worker(context.Background()))
+	require.NoError(t, client.Close())
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+}