diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index ce82e146ef5d4..cd9faa8761623 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -3222,12 +3222,17 @@ private class RefreshPendingLocationListener implements ReferenceManager.Refresh
 
         @Override
         public void beforeRefresh() {
-            lastWriteLocation = getEngine().getTranslogLastWriteLocation();
+            try {
+                lastWriteLocation = getEngine().getTranslogLastWriteLocation();
+            } catch (AlreadyClosedException exc) {
+                // shard is closed - no location is fine
+                lastWriteLocation = null;
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
         public void afterRefresh(boolean didRefresh) {
-            if (didRefresh) {
+            if (didRefresh && lastWriteLocation != null) {
                 pendingRefreshLocation.updateAndGet(pendingLocation -> {
                     if (pendingLocation == null || pendingLocation.compareTo(lastWriteLocation) <= 0) {
                         return null;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchActionIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchActionIT.java
index f4592fd5593d2..2f8a2ad120aa4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchActionIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/async-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/search/AsyncSearchActionIT.java
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ public void testTermsAggregation() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/55792")
     public void testRestartAfterCompletion() throws Exception {
         final AsyncSearchResponse initial;
         try (SearchResponseIterator it =
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ public void testDeleteCleanupIndex() throws Exception {
         ensureTaskRemoval(response.getId());
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/55792")
     public void testCleanupOnFailure() throws Exception {
         final AsyncSearchResponse initial;
         try (SearchResponseIterator it =