diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTracker.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTracker.java
index 514fc985ce007..fd9b2f4687fd6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTracker.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTracker.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import com.carrotsearch.hppc.cursors.ObjectLongCursor;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.AbstractIndexShardComponent;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@
  * <p>
  * The global checkpoint is maintained by the primary shard and is replicated to all the replicas (via {@link GlobalCheckpointSyncAction}).
  */
-public class GlobalCheckpointTracker {
+public class GlobalCheckpointTracker extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
 
     /*
      * This map holds the last known local checkpoint for every active shard and initializing shard copies that has been brought up to speed
@@ -62,22 +64,20 @@ public class GlobalCheckpointTracker {
      */
     private long globalCheckpoint;
 
-    private final Logger logger;
-
     /**
      * Initialize the global checkpoint service. The specified global checkpoint should be set to the last known global checkpoint, or
      * {@link SequenceNumbersService#UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO}.
      *
+     * @param shardId          the shard ID
      * @param indexSettings    the index settings
      * @param globalCheckpoint the last known global checkpoint for this shard, or {@link SequenceNumbersService#UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO}
-     * @param logger           a component logger
      */
-    GlobalCheckpointTracker(final IndexSettings indexSettings, final long globalCheckpoint, final Logger logger) {
+    GlobalCheckpointTracker(final ShardId shardId, final IndexSettings indexSettings, final long globalCheckpoint) {
+        super(shardId, indexSettings);
         assert globalCheckpoint >= UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO : "illegal initial global checkpoint: " + globalCheckpoint;
         inSyncLocalCheckpoints = new ObjectLongHashMap<>(1 + indexSettings.getNumberOfReplicas());
         assignedAllocationIds = new HashSet<>(1 + indexSettings.getNumberOfReplicas());
         this.globalCheckpoint = globalCheckpoint;
-        this.logger = logger;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/SequenceNumbersService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/SequenceNumbersService.java
index cc43363e13b2d..a0ba1e850aad1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/SequenceNumbersService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/SequenceNumbersService.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public SequenceNumbersService(
         final long globalCheckpoint) {
         super(shardId, indexSettings);
         localCheckpointTracker = new LocalCheckpointTracker(indexSettings, maxSeqNo, localCheckpoint);
-        globalCheckpointTracker = new GlobalCheckpointTracker(indexSettings, globalCheckpoint, logger);
+        globalCheckpointTracker = new GlobalCheckpointTracker(shardId, indexSettings, globalCheckpoint);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTests.java
index de7d05a56cdab..7d6dd25403b65 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/GlobalCheckpointTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.IndexSettingsModule;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ public class GlobalCheckpointTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
         tracker =
-            new GlobalCheckpointTracker(IndexSettingsModule.newIndexSettings("test", Settings.EMPTY), UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO, logger);
+            new GlobalCheckpointTracker(
+                new ShardId("test", "_na_", 0),
+                IndexSettingsModule.newIndexSettings("test", Settings.EMPTY),
+                UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO);
     }
 
     public void testEmptyShards() {