diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
index 6e66f8c958666..ac1541b0e607a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
@@ -617,12 +617,12 @@ public void onResponse(RepositoryData repositoryData) {
                                 );
                                 return;
                             }
-                            listener.onResponse(snapshotInfo);
+                            cleanOrphanTimestamp(repositoryName, repositoryData);
                             logger.info("created snapshot-v2 [{}] in repository [{}]", repositoryName, snapshotName);
+                            listener.onResponse(snapshotInfo);
                             // For snapshot-v2, we don't allow concurrent snapshots . But meanwhile non-v2 snapshot operations
                             // can get queued . This is triggering them.
                             runNextQueuedOperation(repositoryData, repositoryName, true);
-                            cleanOrphanTimestamp(repositoryName, repositoryData);
                         }
 
                         @Override
@@ -657,14 +657,8 @@ private void cleanOrphanTimestamp(String repoName, RepositoryData repositoryData
         if (orphanPinnedEntities.isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
-
         logger.info("Found {} orphan timestamps. Cleaning it up now", orphanPinnedEntities.size());
-        if (tryEnterRepoLoop(repoName)) {
-            deleteOrphanTimestamps(pinnedEntities, orphanPinnedEntities);
-            leaveRepoLoop(repoName);
-        } else {
-            logger.info("Concurrent snapshot create/delete is happening. Skipping clean up of orphan timestamps");
-        }
+        deleteOrphanTimestamps(pinnedEntities, orphanPinnedEntities);
     }
 
     private boolean isOrphanPinnedEntity(String repoName, Collection<String> snapshotUUIDs, String pinnedEntity) {