diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
index 5868dae8f7b8..6c200de8de4e 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/memberlist.libsonnet
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       },
     },
 
-    loki+: {
+    loki+: if $._config.memberlist_ring_enabled then {
       ingester+: {
         lifecycler+: {
           ring+: {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         max_join_retries: '10',
         min_join_backoff: '1s',
       },
-    },
+    } else {},
 
     // When doing migration via multi KV store, this section can be used
     // to configure runtime parameters of multi KV store