diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index e9b76e9f26905..0bd91a5ec9afd 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -1029,13 +1029,15 @@ func (t *Loki) initQueryFrontend() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 }
 
 func (t *Loki) initRulerStorage() (_ services.Service, err error) {
+	logger := log.With(util_log.Logger, "component", "ruler-storage")
+
 	// if the ruler is not configured and we're in single binary then let's just log an error and continue.
 	// unfortunately there is no way to generate a "default" config and compare default against actual
 	// to determine if it's unconfigured.  the following check, however, correctly tests this.
 	// Single binary integration tests will break if this ever drifts
 	legacyReadMode := t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read)
 	if (t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend)) && t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig.IsDefaults() && t.Cfg.RulerStorage.IsDefaults() {
-		level.Info(util_log.Logger).Log("msg", "Ruler storage is not configured; ruler will not be started.")
+		level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Ruler storage is not configured; ruler will not be started.")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -1048,9 +1050,9 @@ func (t *Loki) initRulerStorage() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if !t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig.IsDefaults() {
-		t.RulerStorage, err = base_ruler.NewLegacyRuleStore(t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig, t.Cfg.StorageConfig.Hedging, t.clientMetrics, ruler.GroupLoader{}, util_log.Logger)
+		t.RulerStorage, err = base_ruler.NewLegacyRuleStore(t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig, t.Cfg.StorageConfig.Hedging, t.clientMetrics, ruler.GroupLoader{}, logger)
 	} else {
-		t.RulerStorage, err = base_ruler.NewRuleStore(context.Background(), t.Cfg.RulerStorage, nil, ruler.GroupLoader{}, util_log.Logger, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
+		t.RulerStorage, err = base_ruler.NewRuleStore(context.Background(), t.Cfg.RulerStorage, nil, ruler.GroupLoader{}, logger, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
 	}
 
 	return