diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
index e8d60523ea0e1..cb5e2e911705b 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
@@ -663,6 +663,29 @@ public void testStatsCorrectnessOnFailover() {
         logger.info("Test completed");
     }
 
+    public void testZeroLagOnCreateIndex() throws InterruptedException {
+        setup();
+        String clusterManagerNode = internalCluster().getClusterManagerName();
+
+        int numOfShards = randomIntBetween(1, 3);
+        createIndex(INDEX_NAME, remoteStoreIndexSettings(1, numOfShards));
+        ensureGreen(INDEX_NAME);
+        long currentTimeNs = System.nanoTime();
+        while (currentTimeNs == System.nanoTime()) {
+            Thread.sleep(10);
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < numOfShards; i++) {
+            RemoteStoreStatsResponse response = client(clusterManagerNode).admin()
+                .cluster()
+                .prepareRemoteStoreStats(INDEX_NAME, String.valueOf(i))
+                .get();
+            for (RemoteStoreStats remoteStoreStats : response.getRemoteStoreStats()) {
+                assertEquals(0, remoteStoreStats.getSegmentStats().refreshTimeLagMs);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private void indexDocs() {
         for (int i = 0; i < randomIntBetween(5, 10); i++) {
             if (randomBoolean()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
index 8b0088a8e1127..3df07495f5b80 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public final class RemoteStoreRefreshListener extends CloseableRetryableRefreshL
     private final RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory remoteDirectory;
     private final RemoteSegmentTransferTracker segmentTracker;
     private final Map<String, String> localSegmentChecksumMap;
-    private long primaryTerm;
+    private volatile long primaryTerm;
     private volatile Iterator<TimeValue> backoffDelayIterator;
     private final SegmentReplicationCheckpointPublisher checkpointPublisher;
 
@@ -126,10 +126,9 @@ protected void runAfterRefreshExactlyOnce(boolean didRefresh) {
         // We have 2 separate methods to check if sync needs to be done or not. This is required since we use the return boolean
         // from isReadyForUpload to schedule refresh retries as the index shard or the primary mode are not in complete
         // ready state.
-        if (shouldSync(didRefresh) && isReadyForUpload()) {
-            segmentTracker.updateLocalRefreshTimeAndSeqNo();
+        if (shouldSync(didRefresh, true) && isReadyForUpload()) {
             try {
-                initializeRemoteDirectoryOnTermUpdate();
+                segmentTracker.updateLocalRefreshTimeAndSeqNo();
                 try (GatedCloseable<SegmentInfos> segmentInfosGatedCloseable = indexShard.getSegmentInfosSnapshot()) {
                     Collection<String> localSegmentsPostRefresh = segmentInfosGatedCloseable.get().files(true);
                     updateLocalSizeMapAndTracker(localSegmentsPostRefresh);
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ protected void runAfterRefreshExactlyOnce(boolean didRefresh) {
     @Override
     protected boolean performAfterRefreshWithPermit(boolean didRefresh) {
         boolean successful;
-        if (shouldSync(didRefresh)) {
+        if (shouldSync(didRefresh, false)) {
             successful = syncSegments();
         } else {
             successful = true;
@@ -158,10 +157,15 @@ protected boolean performAfterRefreshWithPermit(boolean didRefresh) {
         return successful;
     }
 
-    private boolean shouldSync(boolean didRefresh) {
-        return this.primaryTerm != indexShard.getOperationPrimaryTerm()
-            // If the readers change, didRefresh is always true.
-            || didRefresh
+    /**
+     * This checks if there is a sync required to remote.
+     *
+     * @param didRefresh             if the readers changed.
+     * @param skipPrimaryTermCheck consider change in primary term or not for should sync
+     * @return true if sync is needed
+     */
+    private boolean shouldSync(boolean didRefresh, boolean skipPrimaryTermCheck) {
+        boolean shouldSync = didRefresh // If the readers change, didRefresh is always true.
             // The third condition exists for uploading the zero state segments where the refresh has not changed the reader
             // reference, but it is important to upload the zero state segments so that the restore does not break.
             || remoteDirectory.getSegmentsUploadedToRemoteStore().isEmpty()
@@ -169,6 +173,10 @@ private boolean shouldSync(boolean didRefresh) {
             // we update the primary term and the same condition would not evaluate to true again in syncSegments.
             // Below check ensures that if there is commit, then that gets picked up by both 1st and 2nd shouldSync call.
             || isRefreshAfterCommitSafe();
+        if (shouldSync || skipPrimaryTermCheck) {
+            return shouldSync;
+        }
+        return this.primaryTerm != indexShard.getOperationPrimaryTerm();
     }
 
     private boolean syncSegments() {
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ private boolean syncSegments() {
 
         try {
             try {
+                initializeRemoteDirectoryOnTermUpdate();
                 // if a new segments_N file is present in local that is not uploaded to remote store yet, it
                 // is considered as a first refresh post commit. A cleanup of stale commit files is triggered.
                 // This is done to avoid delete post each refresh.