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 4e345b05ab267..db8720acf95a5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -4311,9 +4311,13 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
                 // TODO: add a dedicate recovery stats for the reset translog
             }
         );
+
+        // When the new engine is created, translogs are synced from remote store onto local. Since remote store is the source
+        // of truth for translog, we play all translogs that exists locally. Otherwise, the recoverUpto happens upto global checkpoint.
+        long recoverUpto = this.isRemoteTranslogEnabled() ? Long.MAX_VALUE : globalCheckpoint;
         newEngineReference.get()
             .translogManager()
-            .recoverFromTranslog(translogRunner, newEngineReference.get().getProcessedLocalCheckpoint(), globalCheckpoint);
+            .recoverFromTranslog(translogRunner, newEngineReference.get().getProcessedLocalCheckpoint(), recoverUpto);
         newEngineReference.get().refresh("reset_engine");
         synchronized (engineMutex) {
             verifyNotClosed();