diff --git a/pkg/distributor/otel.go b/pkg/distributor/otel.go
index 725d68c2b59..44d8e0957a7 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/otel.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/otel.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func OTLPHandler(
 				reader = http.MaxBytesReader(nil, reader, int64(maxRecvMsgSize))
 				if _, err := buf.ReadFrom(reader); err != nil {
 					if util.IsRequestBodyTooLarge(err) {
-						return exportReq, 0, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, distributorMaxOTLPRequestSizeErr{
+						return exportReq, 0, httpgrpc.Error(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, distributorMaxOTLPRequestSizeErr{
 							actual: -1,
 							limit:  maxRecvMsgSize,
 						}.Error())
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func OTLPHandler(
 		// Check the request size against the message size limit, regardless of whether the request is compressed.
 		// If the request is compressed and its compressed length already exceeds the size limit, there's no need to decompress it.
 		if r.ContentLength > int64(maxRecvMsgSize) {
-			return httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, distributorMaxOTLPRequestSizeErr{
+			return httpgrpc.Error(http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge, distributorMaxOTLPRequestSizeErr{
 				actual: int(r.ContentLength),
 				limit:  maxRecvMsgSize,
 			}.Error())