diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java
index dde55698fa7d5..9ba424ec6b131 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ boolean isTranslogReadyForSequenceNumberBasedRecovery(final Translog.View transl
             }
             return tracker.getCheckpoint() >= endingSeqNo;
         }
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void phase2(final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) throws IOException {
         logger.trace("{} recovery [phase2] to {}: sending transaction log operations", request.shardId(), request.targetNode());
 
         // send all the snapshot's translog operations to the target
-        final int totalOperations = sendSnapshot(snapshot);
+        final int totalOperations = sendSnapshot(request.startingSeqNo(), snapshot);
 
         stopWatch.stop();
         logger.trace("{} recovery [phase2] to {}: took [{}]", request.shardId(), request.targetNode(), stopWatch.totalTime());
@@ -465,15 +465,17 @@ public void finalizeRecovery() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Send the given snapshot's operations to this handler's target node.
+     * Send the given snapshot's operations with a sequence number greater than the specified staring sequence number to this handler's
+     * target node.
      * <p>
      * Operations are bulked into a single request depending on an operation count limit or size-in-bytes limit.
      *
-     * @param snapshot the translog snapshot to replay operations from
+     * @param startingSeqNo the sequence number for which only operations with a sequence number greater than this will be sent
+     * @param snapshot      the translog snapshot to replay operations from
      * @return the total number of translog operations that were sent
      * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurred reading the translog snapshot
      */
-    protected int sendSnapshot(final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) throws IOException {
+    protected int sendSnapshot(final long startingSeqNo, final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) throws IOException {
         int ops = 0;
         long size = 0;
         int totalOperations = 0;
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ protected int sendSnapshot(final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) throws IOException
                 throw new IndexShardClosedException(request.shardId());
             }
             cancellableThreads.checkForCancel();
+            if (operation.seqNo() < startingSeqNo) continue;
             operations.add(operation);
             ops++;
             size += operation.estimateSize();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/SharedFSRecoverySourceHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/SharedFSRecoverySourceHandler.java
index e8437b614e0b6..802576922f90e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/SharedFSRecoverySourceHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/SharedFSRecoverySourceHandler.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public RecoveryResponse recoverToTarget() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected int sendSnapshot(final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) {
+    protected int sendSnapshot(final long startingSeqNo, final Translog.Snapshot snapshot) {
         logger.trace("{} skipping recovery of translog snapshot on shared filesystem to: {}", shard.shardId(), request.targetNode());
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/RecoveryDuringReplicationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/RecoveryDuringReplicationTests.java
index ee01aee64bd4a..2f565dbf56a9f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/RecoveryDuringReplicationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/RecoveryDuringReplicationTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
 public class RecoveryDuringReplicationTests extends ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public void testRecoveryOfDisconnectedReplica() throws Exception {
             shards.flush();
             shards.getPrimary().updateGlobalCheckpointOnPrimary();
             final IndexShard originalReplica = shards.getReplicas().get(0);
+            long replicaCommittedLocalCheckpoint = docs - 1;
             boolean replicaHasDocsSinceLastFlushedCheckpoint = false;
             for (int i = 0; i < randomInt(2); i++) {
                 final int indexedDocs = shards.indexDocs(randomInt(5));
@@ -79,14 +81,13 @@ public void testRecoveryOfDisconnectedReplica() throws Exception {
                 final boolean flush = randomBoolean();
                 if (flush) {
                     originalReplica.flush(new FlushRequest());
+                    replicaHasDocsSinceLastFlushedCheckpoint = false;
+                    replicaCommittedLocalCheckpoint = docs - 1;
                 }
 
                 final boolean sync = randomBoolean();
                 if (sync) {
                     shards.getPrimary().updateGlobalCheckpointOnPrimary();
-                    if (flush) {
-                        replicaHasDocsSinceLastFlushedCheckpoint = false;
-                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ public void testRecoveryOfDisconnectedReplica() throws Exception {
                 assertThat(recoveredReplica.recoveryState().getIndex().fileDetails(), not(empty()));
             } else {
                 assertThat(recoveredReplica.recoveryState().getIndex().fileDetails(), empty());
+                assertThat(
+                    recoveredReplica.recoveryState().getTranslog().recoveredOperations(),
+                    equalTo(Math.toIntExact(docs - (replicaCommittedLocalCheckpoint + 1))));
             }
 
             docs += shards.indexDocs(randomInt(5));