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 cbb246219546b..e4c04bd5a5f18 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -3433,7 +3433,14 @@ public void activateWithPrimaryContext(final ReplicationTracker.PrimaryContext p
             + "] does not contain relocation target ["
             + routingEntry()
             + "]";
-        assert getLocalCheckpoint() == primaryContext.getCheckpointStates().get(routingEntry().allocationId().getId()).getLocalCheckpoint()
+        String allocationId = routingEntry().allocationId().getId();
+        if (isRemoteStoreEnabled()) {
+            // For remote backed indexes, old primary may not have updated value of local checkpoint of new primary.
+            // But the new primary is always updated with data in remote sore and is at par with old primary.
+            // So, we can use a stricter check where local checkpoint of new primary is checked against that of old primary.
+            allocationId = primaryContext.getRoutingTable().primaryShard().allocationId().getId();
+        }
+        assert getLocalCheckpoint() == primaryContext.getCheckpointStates().get(allocationId).getLocalCheckpoint()
             || indexSettings().getTranslogDurability() == Durability.ASYNC : "local checkpoint ["
                 + getLocalCheckpoint()
                 + "] does not match checkpoint from primary context ["