diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 212b30a8a6c..b17a4a643ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 * [BUGFIX] Dashboards: Fix autoscaling metrics joins when series churn. #9412 #9450 #9432
 * [BUGFIX] Alerts: Fix autoscaling metrics joins in `MimirAutoscalerNotActive` when series churn. #9412
 * [BUGFIX] Alerts: Exclude failed cache "add" operations from alerting since failures are expected in normal operation. #9658
+* [BUGFIX] Alerts: Exclude read-only replicas from `IngesterInstanceHasNoTenants` alert. #9843
 
 ### Jsonnet
 
diff --git a/operations/helm/tests/metamonitoring-values-generated/mimir-distributed/templates/metamonitoring/mixin-alerts.yaml b/operations/helm/tests/metamonitoring-values-generated/mimir-distributed/templates/metamonitoring/mixin-alerts.yaml
index 056f25bba7d..b45db52d7ef 100644
--- a/operations/helm/tests/metamonitoring-values-generated/mimir-distributed/templates/metamonitoring/mixin-alerts.yaml
+++ b/operations/helm/tests/metamonitoring-values-generated/mimir-distributed/templates/metamonitoring/mixin-alerts.yaml
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ spec:
               message: Mimir ingester {{ $labels.pod }} in {{ $labels.cluster }}/{{ $labels.namespace }} has no tenants assigned.
               runbook_url: https://grafana.com/docs/mimir/latest/operators-guide/mimir-runbooks/#mimiringesterinstancehasnotenants
             expr: |
-              (min by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+              (
+                (min by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+                unless
+                (max by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_lifecycler_read_only) > 0)
+              )
               and on (cluster, namespace)
               # Only if there are more timeseries than would be expected due to continuous testing load
               (
diff --git a/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled-baremetal/alerts.yaml b/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled-baremetal/alerts.yaml
index 9b605e56d6d..4f87df5ba22 100644
--- a/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled-baremetal/alerts.yaml
+++ b/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled-baremetal/alerts.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ groups:
             message: Mimir ingester {{ $labels.instance }} in {{ $labels.cluster }}/{{ $labels.namespace }} has no tenants assigned.
             runbook_url: https://grafana.com/docs/mimir/latest/operators-guide/mimir-runbooks/#mimiringesterinstancehasnotenants
           expr: |
-            (min by(cluster, namespace, instance) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+            (
+              (min by(cluster, namespace, instance) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+              unless
+              (max by(cluster, namespace, instance) (cortex_lifecycler_read_only) > 0)
+            )
             and on (cluster, namespace)
             # Only if there are more timeseries than would be expected due to continuous testing load
             (
diff --git a/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled/alerts.yaml b/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled/alerts.yaml
index 3d1a5d3352d..dc7cdd4e8eb 100644
--- a/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled/alerts.yaml
+++ b/operations/mimir-mixin-compiled/alerts.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ groups:
             message: Mimir ingester {{ $labels.pod }} in {{ $labels.cluster }}/{{ $labels.namespace }} has no tenants assigned.
             runbook_url: https://grafana.com/docs/mimir/latest/operators-guide/mimir-runbooks/#mimiringesterinstancehasnotenants
           expr: |
-            (min by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+            (
+              (min by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+              unless
+              (max by(cluster, namespace, pod) (cortex_lifecycler_read_only) > 0)
+            )
             and on (cluster, namespace)
             # Only if there are more timeseries than would be expected due to continuous testing load
             (
diff --git a/operations/mimir-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet b/operations/mimir-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
index 63118434fa8..f66af7829a6 100644
--- a/operations/mimir-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir-mixin/alerts/alerts.libsonnet
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ local utils = import 'mixin-utils/utils.libsonnet';
           alert: $.alertName('IngesterInstanceHasNoTenants'),
           'for': '1h',
           expr: |||
-            (min by(%(alert_aggregation_labels)s, %(per_instance_label)s) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+            (
+              (min by(%(alert_aggregation_labels)s, %(per_instance_label)s) (cortex_ingester_memory_users) == 0)
+              unless
+              (max by(%(alert_aggregation_labels)s, %(per_instance_label)s) (cortex_lifecycler_read_only) > 0)
+            )
             and on (%(alert_aggregation_labels)s)
             # Only if there are more timeseries than would be expected due to continuous testing load
             (