diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 963ccdcdc9a6b..25efcc838553a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Fixing Gradle warnings associated with publishPluginZipPublicationToXxx tasks ([#4696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4696))
 - Fixed randomly failing test ([4774](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4774))
 - Update version check after backport ([4786](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4786))
+- Fix recovery path for searchable snapshots ([4813](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4813))
 ### Security
 - CVE-2022-25857 org.yaml:snakeyaml DOS vulnerability ([#4341](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4341))
 
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
index 96fcf0053c9ab..0ab025bb575cc 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SearchableSnapshotIT.java
@@ -49,15 +49,24 @@ protected boolean addMockInternalEngine() {
     }
 
     public void testCreateSearchableSnapshot() throws Exception {
+        final int numReplicasIndex1 = randomIntBetween(1, 4);
+        final int numReplicasIndex2 = randomIntBetween(0, 2);
+        internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(Math.max(numReplicasIndex1, numReplicasIndex2) + 1);
         final Client client = client();
         createRepository("test-repo", "fs");
         createIndex(
             "test-idx-1",
-            Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, "0").put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, "1").build()
+            Settings.builder()
+                .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, Integer.toString(numReplicasIndex1))
+                .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, "1")
+                .build()
         );
         createIndex(
             "test-idx-2",
-            Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, "0").put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, "1").build()
+            Settings.builder()
+                .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, Integer.toString(numReplicasIndex2))
+                .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, "1")
+                .build()
         );
         ensureGreen();
         indexRandomDocs("test-idx-1", 100);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/PeerRecoveryTargetService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/PeerRecoveryTargetService.java
index b5702431ed4bf..556e4db3400e1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/PeerRecoveryTargetService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/PeerRecoveryTargetService.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.CancellableThreads;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable;
+import org.opensearch.index.IndexModule;
 import org.opensearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
 import org.opensearch.index.engine.RecoveryEngineException;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperException;
@@ -244,8 +245,10 @@ private void doRecovery(final long recoveryId, final StartRecoveryRequest preExi
                     assert recoveryTarget.sourceNode() != null : "can not do a recovery without a source node";
                     logger.trace("{} preparing shard for peer recovery", recoveryTarget.shardId());
                     indexShard.prepareForIndexRecovery();
-                    boolean remoteTranslogEnabled = recoveryTarget.state().getPrimary() == false && indexShard.isRemoteTranslogEnabled();
-                    final long startingSeqNo = indexShard.recoverLocallyAndFetchStartSeqNo(!remoteTranslogEnabled);
+                    final boolean hasRemoteTranslog = recoveryTarget.state().getPrimary() == false && indexShard.isRemoteTranslogEnabled();
+                    final boolean hasNoTranslog = IndexModule.Type.REMOTE_SNAPSHOT.match(indexShard.indexSettings());
+                    final boolean verifyTranslog = (hasRemoteTranslog || hasNoTranslog) == false;
+                    final long startingSeqNo = indexShard.recoverLocallyAndFetchStartSeqNo(!hasRemoteTranslog);
                     assert startingSeqNo == UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO || recoveryTarget.state().getStage() == RecoveryState.Stage.TRANSLOG
                         : "unexpected recovery stage [" + recoveryTarget.state().getStage() + "] starting seqno [ " + startingSeqNo + "]";
                     startRequest = getStartRecoveryRequest(
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ private void doRecovery(final long recoveryId, final StartRecoveryRequest preExi
                         clusterService.localNode(),
                         recoveryTarget,
                         startingSeqNo,
-                        !remoteTranslogEnabled
+                        verifyTranslog
                     );
                     requestToSend = startRequest;
                     actionName = PeerRecoverySourceService.Actions.START_RECOVERY;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
index c1e29e0d866d8..b6122dbeeea09 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.opensearch.common.lucene.Lucene;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.CancellableThreads;
+import org.opensearch.index.IndexModule;
 import org.opensearch.index.engine.Engine;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.MapperException;
 import org.opensearch.index.seqno.ReplicationTracker;
@@ -355,10 +356,12 @@ public void cleanFiles(
             try {
                 store.cleanupAndVerify("recovery CleanFilesRequestHandler", sourceMetadata);
 
-                // If Segment Replication is enabled, we need to reuse the primary's translog UUID already stored in the index.
-                // With Segrep, replicas should never create their own commit points. This ensures the index and xlog share the same
-                // UUID without the extra step to associate the index with a new xlog.
-                if (indexShard.indexSettings().isSegRepEnabled()) {
+                // Replicas for segment replication or remote snapshot indices do not create
+                // their own commit points and therefore do not modify the commit user data
+                // in their store. In these cases, reuse the primary's translog UUID.
+                final boolean reuseTranslogUUID = indexShard.indexSettings().isSegRepEnabled()
+                    || IndexModule.Type.REMOTE_SNAPSHOT.match(indexShard.indexSettings());
+                if (reuseTranslogUUID) {
                     final String translogUUID = store.getMetadata().getCommitUserData().get(TRANSLOG_UUID_KEY);
                     Translog.createEmptyTranslog(
                         indexShard.shardPath().resolveTranslog(),