diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
index 9afc57309cc..7c3b2da32e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class TransportBulkShardOperationsAction
             request.getMaxSeqNoOfUpdatesOrDeletes(), primary, logger);
     }
 
-    static Translog.Operation rewriteOperationWithPrimaryTerm(Translog.Operation operation, long primaryTerm) {
+    public static Translog.Operation rewriteOperationWithPrimaryTerm(Translog.Operation operation, long primaryTerm) {
         final Translog.Operation operationWithPrimaryTerm;
         switch (operation.opType()) {
             case INDEX:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests.java
index 0f82bfab102..1f5f487580b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests.java
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -559,11 +560,11 @@ public class ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests extends ESIndexLevelReplicationTest
                                                                  boolean assertMaxSeqNoOfUpdatesOrDeletes) throws Exception {
         final List<Tuple<String, Long>> docAndSeqNosOnLeader = getDocIdAndSeqNos(leader.getPrimary()).stream()
             .map(d -> Tuple.tuple(d.getId(), d.getSeqNo())).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        final Set<Tuple<Long, Translog.Operation.Type>> operationsOnLeader = new HashSet<>();
+        final Map<Long, Translog.Operation> operationsOnLeader = new HashMap<>();
         try (Translog.Snapshot snapshot = leader.getPrimary().newChangesSnapshot("test", 0, Long.MAX_VALUE, false)) {
             Translog.Operation op;
             while ((op = snapshot.next()) != null) {
-                operationsOnLeader.add(Tuple.tuple(op.seqNo(), op.opType()));
+                operationsOnLeader.put(op.seqNo(), op);
             }
         }
         for (IndexShard followingShard : follower) {
@@ -573,14 +574,14 @@ public class ShardFollowTaskReplicationTests extends ESIndexLevelReplicationTest
             List<Tuple<String, Long>> docAndSeqNosOnFollower = getDocIdAndSeqNos(followingShard).stream()
                 .map(d -> Tuple.tuple(d.getId(), d.getSeqNo())).collect(Collectors.toList());
             assertThat(docAndSeqNosOnFollower, equalTo(docAndSeqNosOnLeader));
-            final Set<Tuple<Long, Translog.Operation.Type>> operationsOnFollower = new HashSet<>();
             try (Translog.Snapshot snapshot = followingShard.newChangesSnapshot("test", 0, Long.MAX_VALUE, false)) {
                 Translog.Operation op;
                 while ((op = snapshot.next()) != null) {
-                    operationsOnFollower.add(Tuple.tuple(op.seqNo(), op.opType()));
+                    Translog.Operation leaderOp = operationsOnLeader.get(op.seqNo());
+                    assertThat(TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.rewriteOperationWithPrimaryTerm(op, leaderOp.primaryTerm()),
+                        equalTo(leaderOp));
                 }
             }
-            assertThat(followingShard.routingEntry().toString(), operationsOnFollower, equalTo(operationsOnLeader));
         }
     }