diff --git a/cmd/thanos/receive.go b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
index eafa0bd816..a29deea086 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/receive.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
@@ -420,20 +420,8 @@ func runReceive(
 			store.LazyRetrieval,
 			options...,
 		)
-		if conf.maxPendingGrpcReadRequests > 0 {
-			level.Info(logger).Log(
-				"msg", "set max pending gRPC read request in instrumented store server",
-				"max_pending_requests", conf.maxPendingGrpcReadRequests,
-			)
-		}
-		mts := store.NewLimitedStoreServerWithOptions(
-			store.NewInstrumentedStoreServer(reg, proxy),
-			reg,
-			conf.storeRateLimits,
-			store.LimitsOptions{
-				MaxPendingSeriesRequests: int32(conf.maxPendingGrpcReadRequests),
-			},
-		)
+
+		mts := store.NewLimitedStoreServer(store.NewInstrumentedStoreServer(reg, proxy), reg, conf.storeRateLimits)
 		rw := store.ReadWriteTSDBStore{
 			StoreServer:          mts,
 			WriteableStoreServer: webHandler,
@@ -999,7 +987,6 @@ type receiveConfig struct {
 	topMetricsMinimumCardinality  uint64
 	topMetricsUpdateInterval      time.Duration
 	matcherConverterCacheCapacity int
-	maxPendingGrpcReadRequests    int
 	maxPendingGrpcWriteRequests   int
 
 	featureList *[]string
@@ -1165,9 +1152,7 @@ func (rc *receiveConfig) registerFlag(cmd extkingpin.FlagClause) {
 		Default("5m").DurationVar(&rc.topMetricsUpdateInterval)
 	cmd.Flag("receive.store-matcher-converter-cache-capacity", "The number of label matchers to cache in the matcher converter for the Store API. Set to 0 to disable to cache. Default is 0.").
 		Default("0").IntVar(&rc.matcherConverterCacheCapacity)
-	cmd.Flag("receive.max-pending-grcp-read-requests", "Throttle gRPC read requests when this number of requests are pending. Value 0 disables this feature.").
-		Default("0").IntVar(&rc.maxPendingGrpcReadRequests)
-	cmd.Flag("receive.max-pending-grcp-write-requests", "Throttle gRPC write requests when this number of requests are pending. Value 0 disables this feature.").
+	cmd.Flag("receive.max-pending-grcp-write-requests", "Reject right away gRPC write requests when this number of requests are pending. Value 0 disables this feature.").
 		Default("0").IntVar(&rc.maxPendingGrpcWriteRequests)
 	rc.featureList = cmd.Flag("enable-feature", "Comma separated experimental feature names to enable. The current list of features is "+metricNamesFilter+".").Default("").Strings()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/receive/limiter.go b/pkg/receive/limiter.go
index 35c2f5acca..9777df3be4 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/limiter.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/limiter.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func NewLimiterWithOptions(
 	r ReceiverMode,
 	logger log.Logger,
 	configReloadTimer time.Duration,
-	config LimiterOptions) (*Limiter, error) {
+	opts LimiterOptions) (*Limiter, error) {
 	limiter := &Limiter{
 		writeGate:          gate.NewNoop(),
 		requestLimiter:     &noopRequestLimiter{},
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func NewLimiterWithOptions(
 		logger:             logger,
 		receiverMode:       r,
 		configReloadTimer:  configReloadTimer,
-		maxPendingRequests: config.MaxPendingRequests,
+		maxPendingRequests: opts.MaxPendingRequests,
 	}
 
 	if reg != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/store/limiter.go b/pkg/store/limiter.go
index 08b829a02d..ee19c1f480 100644
--- a/pkg/store/limiter.go
+++ b/pkg/store/limiter.go
@@ -110,11 +110,14 @@ func NewBytesLimiterFactory(limit units.Base2Bytes) BytesLimiterFactory {
 type SeriesSelectLimits struct {
 	SeriesPerRequest  uint64
 	SamplesPerRequest uint64
+	PendingRequests   int32
 }
 
 func (l *SeriesSelectLimits) RegisterFlags(cmd extkingpin.FlagClause) {
 	cmd.Flag("store.limits.request-series", "The maximum series allowed for a single Series request. The Series call fails if this limit is exceeded. 0 means no limit.").Default("0").Uint64Var(&l.SeriesPerRequest)
 	cmd.Flag("store.limits.request-samples", "The maximum samples allowed for a single Series request, The Series call fails if this limit is exceeded. 0 means no limit. NOTE: For efficiency the limit is internally implemented as 'chunks limit' considering each chunk contains a maximum of 120 samples.").Default("0").Uint64Var(&l.SamplesPerRequest)
+	cmd.Flag("store.limits.pending-requests", "Reject gRPC series requests right away when this number of requests are pending. Value 0 disables this feature.").
+		Default("0").Int32Var(&l.PendingRequests)
 }
 
 var _ storepb.StoreServer = &limitedStoreServer{}
@@ -134,22 +137,8 @@ type limitedStoreServer struct {
 	pendingRequestsGauge      prometheus.Gauge
 }
 
-type LimitsOptions struct {
-	// Value 0 disables the feature.
-	MaxPendingSeriesRequests int32
-}
-
 // NewLimitedStoreServer creates a new limitedStoreServer.
 func NewLimitedStoreServer(store storepb.StoreServer, reg prometheus.Registerer, selectLimits SeriesSelectLimits) storepb.StoreServer {
-	return NewLimitedStoreServerWithOptions(store, reg, selectLimits, LimitsOptions{})
-}
-
-func NewLimitedStoreServerWithOptions(
-	store storepb.StoreServer,
-	reg prometheus.Registerer,
-	selectLimits SeriesSelectLimits,
-	opts LimitsOptions,
-) storepb.StoreServer {
 	return &limitedStoreServer{
 		StoreServer:       store,
 		newSeriesLimiter:  NewSeriesLimiterFactory(selectLimits.SeriesPerRequest),
@@ -166,7 +155,7 @@ func NewLimitedStoreServerWithOptions(
 			Name: "thanos_store_server_hit_max_pending_series_requests_total",
 			Help: "Number of pending series requests that hit the max pending request limit",
 		}),
-		maxPendingRequests: opts.MaxPendingSeriesRequests,
+		maxPendingRequests: selectLimits.PendingRequests,
 	}
 }