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 82161590001a1..1224240f7c71e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -2320,6 +2320,7 @@ private void innerOpenEngineAndTranslog(LongSupplier globalCheckpointSupplier) t
     }
 
     private void innerOpenEngineAndTranslog(LongSupplier globalCheckpointSupplier, boolean syncFromRemote) throws IOException {
+        syncFromRemote = syncFromRemote && indexSettings.isRemoteSnapshot() == false;
         assert Thread.holdsLock(mutex) == false : "opening engine under mutex";
         if (state != IndexShardState.RECOVERING) {
             throw new IndexShardNotRecoveringException(shardId, state);