diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
index 0c3350f224b11..f9b40d14b0d53 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportRequestHandler;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ public class SegmentReplicationTargetService implements IndexEventListener {
 
     private final SegmentReplicationSourceFactory sourceFactory;
 
+    private final Map<ShardId, ReplicationCheckpoint> latestReceivedCheckpoint = new HashMap<>();
+
     /**
      * The internal actions
      *
@@ -91,6 +95,15 @@ public void beforeIndexShardClosed(ShardId shardId, @Nullable IndexShard indexSh
      * @param replicaShard      replica shard on which checkpoint is received
      */
     public synchronized void onNewCheckpoint(final ReplicationCheckpoint receivedCheckpoint, final IndexShard replicaShard) {
+
+        // Checks if received checkpoint is already present and ahead then it replaces old received checkpoint
+        if (latestReceivedCheckpoint.get(replicaShard.shardId()) != null) {
+            if (receivedCheckpoint.isAheadOf(latestReceivedCheckpoint.get(replicaShard.shardId()))) {
+                latestReceivedCheckpoint.replace(replicaShard.shardId(), receivedCheckpoint);
+            }
+        } else {
+            latestReceivedCheckpoint.put(replicaShard.shardId(), receivedCheckpoint);
+        }
         if (onGoingReplications.isShardReplicating(replicaShard.shardId())) {
             logger.trace(
                 () -> new ParameterizedMessage(
@@ -100,10 +113,23 @@ public synchronized void onNewCheckpoint(final ReplicationCheckpoint receivedChe
             );
             return;
         }
+        final Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
         if (replicaShard.shouldProcessCheckpoint(receivedCheckpoint)) {
             startReplication(receivedCheckpoint, replicaShard, new SegmentReplicationListener() {
                 @Override
-                public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {}
+                public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
+                    // if we received a checkpoint during the copy event that is ahead of this
+                    // try and process it.
+                    if (latestReceivedCheckpoint.get(replicaShard.shardId()).isAheadOf(replicaShard.getLatestReplicationCheckpoint())) {
+                        Runnable runnable = () -> onNewCheckpoint(latestReceivedCheckpoint.get(replicaShard.shardId()), replicaShard);
+                        // Checks if we are using same thread and forks if necessary.
+                        if (thread == Thread.currentThread()) {
+                            threadPool.generic().execute(runnable);
+                        } else {
+                            runnable.run();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
 
                 @Override
                 public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
index 7ff6e3dceabc9..8b4bda7de50ad 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
 
 public class SegmentReplicationTargetServiceTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
@@ -203,6 +204,40 @@ public void testNewCheckpoint_validationPassesAndReplicationFails() throws IOExc
         closeShard(indexShard, false);
     }
 
+    public void testReplicationOnDone() throws IOException {
+        SegmentReplicationTargetService spy = spy(sut);
+        IndexShard spyShard = spy(indexShard);
+        ReplicationCheckpoint cp = indexShard.getLatestReplicationCheckpoint();
+        ReplicationCheckpoint newCheckpoint = new ReplicationCheckpoint(
+            cp.getShardId(),
+            cp.getPrimaryTerm(),
+            cp.getSegmentsGen(),
+            cp.getSeqNo(),
+            cp.getSegmentInfosVersion() + 1
+        );
+        ReplicationCheckpoint anotherNewCheckpoint = new ReplicationCheckpoint(
+            cp.getShardId(),
+            cp.getPrimaryTerm(),
+            cp.getSegmentsGen(),
+            cp.getSeqNo(),
+            cp.getSegmentInfosVersion() + 2
+        );
+        ArgumentCaptor<SegmentReplicationTargetService.SegmentReplicationListener> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(
+            SegmentReplicationTargetService.SegmentReplicationListener.class
+        );
+        doNothing().when(spy).startReplication(any(), any(), any());
+        spy.onNewCheckpoint(newCheckpoint, spyShard);
+        spy.onNewCheckpoint(anotherNewCheckpoint, spyShard);
+        verify(spy, times(1)).startReplication(eq(newCheckpoint), any(), captor.capture());
+        verify(spy, times(1)).onNewCheckpoint(eq(anotherNewCheckpoint), any());
+        SegmentReplicationTargetService.SegmentReplicationListener listener = captor.getValue();
+        listener.onDone(new SegmentReplicationState(new ReplicationLuceneIndex()));
+        doNothing().when(spy).onNewCheckpoint(any(), any());
+        verify(spy, timeout(0).times(2)).onNewCheckpoint(eq(anotherNewCheckpoint), any());
+        closeShard(indexShard, false);
+
+    }
+
     public void testBeforeIndexShardClosed_CancelsOngoingReplications() {
         final SegmentReplicationTarget target = new SegmentReplicationTarget(
             checkpoint,