diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
index d8f2180208b18..9d6807176e6fe 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/TransportGetSettingsAction.java
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ protected void clusterManagerOperation(GetSettingsRequest request, ClusterState
                 indexSettings = indexSettings.filter(k -> Regex.simpleMatch(request.names(), k));
             }
 
+            indexSettings = Settings.builder()
+                .put(indexSettings)
+                .put(IndexMetadata.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_ROUTING_SHARDS_SETTING.getKey(), indexMetadata.getRoutingNumShards())
+                .build();
+
             indexToSettingsBuilder.put(concreteIndex.getName(), indexSettings);
             if (request.includeDefaults()) {
                 Settings defaultSettings = settingsFilter.filter(indexScopedSettings.diff(indexSettings, Settings.EMPTY));