diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
index 15df8ac821954..180032bfb621f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ public void handleRecoveryDone(ReplicationState state, ShardRouting shardRouting
             // For Segment Replication enabled indices, we want replica shards to start a replication event to fetch latest segments before it
             // is marked as Started.
             if (indexShard != null
-                && indexShard.indexSettings().isSegRepEnabled()
                 && shardRouting.primary() == false
                 && shardRouting.state() == ShardRoutingState.INITIALIZING
                 && indexShard.state() == IndexShardState.POST_RECOVERY) {