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 01d971ba32599..c717e29353b65 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySourceHandler.java
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ public void finalizeRecovery(final long targetLocalCheckpoint) {
         runUnderPrimaryPermit(() -> shard.markAllocationIdAsInSync(request.targetAllocationId(), targetLocalCheckpoint));
         final long globalCheckpoint = shard.getGlobalCheckpoint();
         cancellableThreads.execute(() -> recoveryTarget.finalizeRecovery(globalCheckpoint));
-        shard.updateGlobalCheckpointForShard(request.targetAllocationId(), globalCheckpoint);
+        runUnderPrimaryPermit(() -> shard.updateGlobalCheckpointForShard(request.targetAllocationId(), globalCheckpoint));
 
         if (request.isPrimaryRelocation()) {
             logger.trace("performing relocation hand-off");