diff --git a/pkg/querier/http.go b/pkg/querier/http.go
index dc29c2f61e04f..a508bf9f7286b 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/http.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/http.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (q *QuerierAPI) TailHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					}
 					level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error from client", "err", err)
 					break
-				} else if tailer.stopped {
+				} else if tailer.stopped.Load() {
 					return
 				}
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/tail.go b/pkg/querier/tail.go
index 1b3cfd5fcb8c0..35cb4bc18e7a7 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/tail.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/tail.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
+
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ type Tailer struct {
 	querierTailClients    map[string]logproto.Querier_TailClient // addr -> grpc clients for tailing logs from ingesters
 	querierTailClientsMtx sync.RWMutex
 
-	stopped          bool
+	stopped          atomic.Bool
 	delayFor         time.Duration
 	responseChan     chan *loghttp.TailResponse
 	closeErrChan     chan error
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ func (t *Tailer) loop() {
 
 	droppedEntries := make([]loghttp.DroppedEntry, 0)
 
-	for !t.stopped {
+	stopped := t.stopped.Load()
+	for !stopped {
 		select {
 		case <-checkConnectionTicker.C:
 			// Try to reconnect dropped ingesters and connect to new ingesters
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@ func (t *Tailer) readTailClient(addr string, querierTailClient logproto.Querier_
 
 	logger := util_log.WithContext(querierTailClient.Context(), t.logger)
 	for {
-		if t.stopped {
+		stopped := t.stopped.Load()
+		if stopped {
 			if err := querierTailClient.CloseSend(); err != nil {
 				level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error closing grpc tail client", "err", err)
 			}
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ func (t *Tailer) readTailClient(addr string, querierTailClient logproto.Querier_
 		resp, err = querierTailClient.Recv()
 		if err != nil {
 			// We don't want to log error when its due to stopping the tail request
-			if !t.stopped {
+			if !stopped {
 				level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Error receiving response from grpc tail client", "err", err)
 			}
 			break
@@ -269,7 +273,8 @@ func (t *Tailer) close() error {
 	t.metrics.tailsActive.Dec()
 	t.metrics.tailedStreamsActive.Sub(t.activeStreamCount())
 
-	t.stopped = true
+	t.stopped.Store(true)
+
 	return t.openStreamIterator.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/querier/tail_test.go b/pkg/querier/tail_test.go
index d0b17ea126e2a..07d3743af03c5 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/tail_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/tail_test.go
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func readFromTailer(tailer *Tailer, maxEntries int) ([]*loghttp.TailResponse, er
 	timeoutTicker := time.NewTicker(timeout)
 	defer timeoutTicker.Stop()
 
-	for !tailer.stopped && entriesCount < maxEntries {
+	for !tailer.stopped.Load() && entriesCount < maxEntries {
 		select {
 		case <-timeoutTicker.C:
 			return nil, errors.New("timeout expired while reading responses from Tailer")