diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 472b28aa7376e..5c45526a93d1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Skip remote-repositories validations for node-joins when RepositoriesService is not in sync with cluster-state ([#16763](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16763))
 - Fix _list/shards API failing when closed indices are present ([#16606](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16606))
 - Fix remote shards balance ([#15335](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15335))
+- Fix Shallow copy snapshot failures on closed index ([#16868](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16868))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
index e0fc641277fc0..ffcee94cd6f95 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ private void snapshot(
         ActionListener<String> listener
     ) {
         try {
-            final IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexService(shardId.getIndex());
+            final IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardId.getIndex());
             final IndexShard indexShard = indexService.getShardOrNull(shardId.id());
-            boolean closedIndex = indexService.getMetadata().getState() == IndexMetadata.State.CLOSE;
+            final boolean closedIndex = indexService.getMetadata().getState() == IndexMetadata.State.CLOSE;
             if (indexShard.routingEntry().primary() == false) {
                 throw new IndexShardSnapshotFailedException(shardId, "snapshot should be performed only on primary");
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
index 2311fc582616f..d2f85e9cfafaf 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ public void testSnapshotWhileFailoverIncomplete() throws Exception {
             replicateSegments(primaryShard, shards.getReplicas());
             shards.assertAllEqual(10);
 
-            final SnapshotShardsService shardsService = getSnapshotShardsService(replicaShard);
+            final SnapshotShardsService shardsService = getSnapshotShardsService(replicaShard, shards.getIndexMetadata());
             final Snapshot snapshot = new Snapshot(randomAlphaOfLength(10), new SnapshotId(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(5)));
 
             final ClusterState initState = addSnapshotIndex(clusterService.state(), snapshot, replicaShard, SnapshotsInProgress.State.INIT);
@@ -956,13 +956,14 @@ public void testComputeReplicationCheckpointNullInfosReturnsEmptyCheckpoint() th
         }
     }
 
-    private SnapshotShardsService getSnapshotShardsService(IndexShard replicaShard) {
+    private SnapshotShardsService getSnapshotShardsService(IndexShard replicaShard, IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
         final TransportService transportService = mock(TransportService.class);
         when(transportService.getThreadPool()).thenReturn(threadPool);
         final IndicesService indicesService = mock(IndicesService.class);
         final IndexService indexService = mock(IndexService.class);
         when(indicesService.indexServiceSafe(any())).thenReturn(indexService);
         when(indexService.getShardOrNull(anyInt())).thenReturn(replicaShard);
+        when(indexService.getMetadata()).thenReturn(indexMetadata);
         return new SnapshotShardsService(settings, clusterService, createRepositoriesService(), transportService, indicesService);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/replication/OpenSearchIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/replication/OpenSearchIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
index a5dc13c334513..062ebd2051f6e 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/replication/OpenSearchIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/replication/OpenSearchIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ protected EngineConfigFactory getEngineConfigFactory(IndexSettings indexSettings
             return new EngineConfigFactory(indexSettings);
         }
 
+        public IndexMetadata getIndexMetadata() {
+            return indexMetadata;
+        }
+
         public int indexDocs(final int numOfDoc) throws Exception {
             for (int doc = 0; doc < numOfDoc; doc++) {
                 final IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index.getName()).id(Integer.toString(docId.incrementAndGet()))