diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
index 49ddaefce7be4..5bb7d77cf94ba 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.store.remote.metadata.RemoteSegmentMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.index.store.remote.metadata.RemoteSegmentMetadataHandler;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
+import org.opensearch.repositories.blobstore.BlobStoreRepository;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -900,28 +901,20 @@ public static void cleanupAsync(
         String indexUUID,
         ShardId shardId
     ) {
-        threadpool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_PURGE).execute(() -> {
-            try {
-                try (
-                    RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory remoteDirectory = (RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory) remoteDirectoryFactory.newDirectory(
-                        remoteStoreRepoForIndex,
-                        indexUUID,
-                        shardId
-                    )
-                ) {
-                    remoteDirectory.deleteStaleSegmentsAsync(
-                        0,
-                        ActionListener.wrap(
-                            r -> remoteDirectory.deleteIfEmpty(),
-                            e -> staticLogger.error("Failed to cleanup remote directory")
-                        ),
-                        ThreadPool.Names.SAME
-                    );
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+        threadpool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_PURGE).execute(new BlobStoreRepository.RemoteStoreShardCleanupTask(() -> {
+            try (
+                RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory remoteDirectory = (RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory) remoteDirectoryFactory.newDirectory(
+                    remoteStoreRepoForIndex,
+                    indexUUID,
+                    shardId
+                )
+            ) {
+                remoteDirectory.deleteStaleSegments(0); // cleanup stale segments in sync.
+                remoteDirectory.deleteIfEmpty();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
                 staticLogger.error("Exception occurred while deleting directory", e);
             }
-        });
+        }, threadpool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_PURGE), indexUUID, shardId));
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
index aa9c1426fc54a..7e5ef33c4f0ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentSet;
 import static org.opensearch.index.snapshots.blobstore.BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshot.FileInfo.canonicalName;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.blobstore.ChecksumBlobStoreFormat.SNAPSHOT_ONLY_FORMAT_PARAMS;
 
@@ -1099,6 +1102,42 @@ private void asyncCleanupUnlinkedShardLevelBlobs(
         }
     }
 
+    public static class RemoteStoreShardCleanupTask implements Runnable {
+        private final Runnable task;
+        private final ExecutorService executor;
+        private final String shardIdentifier;
+        final static Set<String> ongoingRemoteDirectoryCleanups = newConcurrentSet();
+        final static ConcurrentMap<String, BlockingQueue<Runnable>> shardCleanupPendingTasks = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+        public RemoteStoreShardCleanupTask(Runnable task, ExecutorService executor, String indexUUID, ShardId shardId) {
+            this.task = task;
+            this.shardIdentifier = indexShardIdentifier(indexUUID, shardId);
+            this.executor = executor;
+        }
+
+        private static String indexShardIdentifier(String indexUUID, ShardId shardId) {
+            return String.join("/", indexUUID, String.valueOf(shardId.id()));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            try {
+                if (ongoingRemoteDirectoryCleanups.add(shardIdentifier)) {
+                    task.run();
+                    Runnable nextTask = shardCleanupPendingTasks.get(shardIdentifier).poll(0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                    if (nextTask != null) {
+                        executor.execute(nextTask);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    shardCleanupPendingTasks.putIfAbsent(shardIdentifier, new LinkedBlockingQueue<>());
+                    shardCleanupPendingTasks.get(shardIdentifier).add(task);
+                }
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                // todo: log exception..
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void releaseRemoteStoreLockAndCleanup(
         String shardId,
         String shallowSnapshotUUID,