diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c9fd986ee..1a45805096 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 * [BUGFIX] Querier: Fix panic due to request tracker truncating multi-byte UTF-8 character #7640
 * [BUGFIX] Ingester: Fix panic (`HistogramProtoToHistogram called with a float histogram`) when ingesting a float native histogram with a zero count (e.g. a staleness marker or empty histogram). The decoder is now selected by histogram type via `IsFloatHistogram()` instead of by count value. #7645
 * [BUGFIX] Querier: Fix parquet queryable fallback returning a nil error instead of the actual query error in `LabelValues` and `LabelNames`. #7638
+* [BUGFIX] Store Gateway: Fix misleading "no index cache backend addresses" validation error being reported for chunks-cache, metadata-cache, and parquet caches when their memcached or redis backend is configured without addresses. The message is now the cache-type-agnostic "no cache backend addresses". #7675
 
 ## 1.21.0 2026-04-24
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/caching_bucket_test.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/caching_bucket_test.go
index efd25e8d62..4dcfbcc52d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/caching_bucket_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/caching_bucket_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ func Test_BucketCacheBackendValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: errUnsupportedBucketCacheBackend,
 		},
+		"memcached backend without addresses": {
+			cfg: BucketCacheBackend{
+				Backend: CacheBackendMemcached,
+			},
+			expectedErr: errNoCacheAddresses,
+		},
+		"redis backend without addresses": {
+			cfg: BucketCacheBackend{
+				Backend: CacheBackendRedis,
+			},
+			expectedErr: errNoCacheAddresses,
+		},
 		"valid multi bucket cache type": {
 			cfg: BucketCacheBackend{
 				Backend: fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s,%s", CacheBackendInMemory, CacheBackendMemcached, CacheBackendRedis),
@@ -155,6 +167,19 @@ func Test_BucketCacheBackendValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_BucketCacheBackendValidation_MissingAddressesErrorIsGeneric(t *testing.T) {
+	// A bucket cache (e.g. chunks-cache) is not an index cache, so the missing
+	// addresses error must not mention "index cache". See issue #6804.
+	for _, cfg := range []BucketCacheBackend{
+		{Backend: CacheBackendMemcached},
+		{Backend: CacheBackendRedis},
+	} {
+		err := cfg.Validate()
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "no cache backend addresses", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_BucketIndexCache(t *testing.T) {
 	const bucketIndexFile = "user1/bucket-index.json.gz"
 	const fileContent = "test-content"
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache.go
index 7c1011f74a..2e36f312bc 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 
 	errUnsupportedIndexCacheBackend = errors.New("unsupported index cache backend")
 	errDuplicatedIndexCacheBackend  = errors.New("duplicated index cache backend")
-	errNoIndexCacheAddresses        = errors.New("no index cache backend addresses")
+	errNoCacheAddresses             = errors.New("no cache backend addresses")
 	errInvalidMaxAsyncConcurrency   = errors.New("invalid max_async_concurrency, must greater than 0")
 	errInvalidMaxAsyncBufferSize    = errors.New("invalid max_async_buffer_size, must greater than 0")
 	errInvalidMaxBackfillItems      = errors.New("invalid max_backfill_items, must greater than 0")
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache_test.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache_test.go
index b0112c9c18..ae2945d9b7 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/index_cache_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestIndexCacheConfig_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg: IndexCacheConfig{
 				Backend: "memcached",
 			},
-			expected: errNoIndexCacheAddresses,
+			expected: errNoCacheAddresses,
 		},
 		"one memcached address should pass": {
 			cfg: IndexCacheConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/memcache_client_config.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/memcache_client_config.go
index 239ea228bb..142e3a3588 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/memcache_client_config.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/memcache_client_config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (cfg *MemcachedClientConfig) GetAddresses() []string {
 // Validate the config.
 func (cfg *MemcachedClientConfig) Validate() error {
 	if len(cfg.GetAddresses()) == 0 {
-		return errNoIndexCacheAddresses
+		return errNoCacheAddresses
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config.go
index f72cc00b6a..156d622f93 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (cfg *RedisClientConfig) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(f *flag.FlagSet, prefix st
 // Validate the config.
 func (cfg *RedisClientConfig) Validate() error {
 	if cfg.Addresses == "" {
-		return errNoIndexCacheAddresses
+		return errNoCacheAddresses
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TLSEnabled {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config_test.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config_test.go
index 3d5c52d507..cf4d801785 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/redis_client_config_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func TestRedisIndexCacheConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "empty address",
 			conf: &RedisClientConfig{},
-			err:  errNoIndexCacheAddresses,
+			err:  errNoCacheAddresses,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "provide TLS cert path but not key path",