diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d915df7e9c..34af658e1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ We use *breaking* word for marking changes that are not backward compatible (rel
 
 - [#1969](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/1969) Sidecar: allow setting http connection pool size via flags
 - [#1967](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/issues/1967) Receive: Allow local TSDB compaction
+- [#1975](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/1975) Store Gateway: fixed panic caused by memcached servers selector when there's 1 memcached node
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector.go b/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector.go
index 1318574045..37b693367c 100644
--- a/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector.go
+++ b/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector.go
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ func (s *MemcachedJumpHashSelector) PickServer(key string) (net.Addr, error) {
 		return nil, memcache.ErrNoServers
 	}
 	if len(addrs) == 1 {
+		picked := addrs[0]
+
 		addrs = (addrs)[:0]
 		addrsPool.Put(&addrs)
-		return (addrs)[0], nil
+
+		return picked, nil
 	}
 
 	// Pick a server using the jump hash.
diff --git a/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector_test.go b/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector_test.go
index a215604ece..466db1c401 100644
--- a/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cacheutil/memcached_server_selector_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,54 @@ func TestNatSort(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.Equals(t, expected, input)
 }
 
+func TestMemcachedJumpHashSelector_PickServer(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.CheckTimeout(t, 10*time.Second)()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		addrs        []string
+		key          string
+		expectedAddr string
+		expectedErr  error
+	}{
+		{
+			addrs:       []string{},
+			key:         "test-1",
+			expectedErr: memcache.ErrNoServers,
+		},
+		{
+			addrs:        []string{"127.0.0.1:11211"},
+			key:          "test-1",
+			expectedAddr: "127.0.0.1:11211",
+		},
+		{
+			addrs:        []string{"127.0.0.1:11211", "127.0.0.2:11211"},
+			key:          "test-1",
+			expectedAddr: "127.0.0.1:11211",
+		},
+		{
+			addrs:        []string{"127.0.0.1:11211", "127.0.0.2:11211"},
+			key:          "test-2",
+			expectedAddr: "127.0.0.2:11211",
+		},
+	}
+
+	s := MemcachedJumpHashSelector{}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		testutil.Ok(t, s.SetServers(test.addrs...))
+
+		actualAddr, err := s.PickServer(test.key)
+
+		if test.expectedErr != nil {
+			testutil.Equals(t, test.expectedErr, err)
+			testutil.Equals(t, nil, actualAddr)
+		} else {
+			testutil.Ok(t, err)
+			testutil.Equals(t, test.expectedAddr, actualAddr.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMemcachedJumpHashSelector_Each_ShouldRespectServersOrdering(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.CheckTimeout(t, 10*time.Second)()