diff --git a/docs/changelog/89534.yaml b/docs/changelog/89534.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8fbb3089003eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/89534.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 89534
+summary: Fix incorrect failed shards count in APIs for current snapshots
+area: Snapshot/Restore
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/GetSnapshotsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/GetSnapshotsIT.java
index caeceae57e524..f36e8e8e6e903 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/GetSnapshotsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/GetSnapshotsIT.java
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ public void testSortAndPaginateWithInProgress() throws Exception {
         assertStablePagination(repos, allSnapshotNames, GetSnapshotsRequest.SortBy.START_TIME);
         assertStablePagination(repos, allSnapshotNames, GetSnapshotsRequest.SortBy.NAME);
         assertStablePagination(repos, allSnapshotNames, GetSnapshotsRequest.SortBy.INDICES);
+        final List<SnapshotInfo> currentSnapshots = clusterAdmin().prepareGetSnapshots(matchAllPattern())
+            .setSnapshots(GetSnapshotsRequest.CURRENT_SNAPSHOT)
+            .get()
+            .getSnapshots();
+        for (SnapshotInfo currentSnapshot : currentSnapshots) {
+            assertThat(currentSnapshot.toString(), currentSnapshot.failedShards(), is(0));
+        }
 
         assertThat(
             clusterAdmin().prepareGetSnapshots(matchAllPattern())
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
index d50d04bbb7299..32c1f96c03c66 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotInfo.java
@@ -627,13 +627,12 @@ public int totalShards() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Number of failed shards; a value of {@code 0} will be returned if there were no
-     * failed shards, or if {@link #state()} returns {@code null}.
+     * Number of failed shards.
      *
      * @return number of failed shards
      */
     public int failedShards() {
-        return totalShards - successfulShards;
+        return shardFailures.size();
     }
 
     /**