diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index b8a3e04701956..251f9a5ae01c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ public void openEngineAndRecoverFromTranslog() throws IOException {
         };
 
         // Do not load the global checkpoint if this is a remote snapshot index
-        if (indexSettings.isRemoteSnapshot() == false) {
+        if (indexSettings.isRemoteSnapshot() == false && indexSettings.isRemoteTranslogStoreEnabled() == false) {
             loadGlobalCheckpointToReplicationTracker();
         }