diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/RequestLimitSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/RequestLimitSettings.java
index 727113def43a6..8cc4199d302b9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/RequestLimitSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/RequestLimitSettings.java
@@ -94,17 +94,28 @@ public boolean isCircuitLimitBreached(final ClusterState clusterState, final Blo
         switch (actionToCheck) {
             case CAT_INDICES:
                 if (catIndicesLimit <= 0) return false;
-                int indicesCount = getTotalIndices(clusterState);
+                int indicesCount = chainWalk(() -> clusterState.getMetadata().getIndices().size(), 0);
                 if (indicesCount > catIndicesLimit) return true;
                 break;
             case CAT_SHARDS:
                 if (catShardsLimit <= 0) return false;
-                int totalShards = getTotalShards(clusterState);
-                if (totalShards > catShardsLimit) return true;
+                final RoutingTable routingTable = clusterState.getRoutingTable();
+                final Map<String, IndexRoutingTable> indexRoutingTableMap = routingTable.getIndicesRouting();
+                int totalShards = 0;
+                for (final Map.Entry<String, IndexRoutingTable> entry : indexRoutingTableMap.entrySet()) {
+                    for (final Map.Entry<Integer, IndexShardRoutingTable> indexShardRoutingTableEntry : entry.getValue()
+                        .getShards()
+                        .entrySet()) {
+                        totalShards += indexShardRoutingTableEntry.getValue().getShards().size();
+                        // Fail fast if catShardsLimit value is breached and avoid unnecessary computation.
+                        if (totalShards > catShardsLimit) return true;
+                    }
+                }
                 break;
             case CAT_SEGMENTS:
                 if (catSegmentsLimit <= 0) return false;
-                if (getTotalIndices(clusterState) > catSegmentsLimit) return true;
+                int indicesCountForCatSegment = chainWalk(() -> clusterState.getRoutingTable().getIndicesRouting().size(), 0);
+                if (indicesCountForCatSegment > catSegmentsLimit) return true;
                 break;
         }
         return false;
@@ -122,22 +133,6 @@ private void setCatSegmentsLimitSetting(final int catSegmentsLimit) {
         this.catSegmentsLimit = catSegmentsLimit;
     }
 
-    private static int getTotalIndices(final ClusterState clusterState) {
-        return chainWalk(() -> clusterState.getMetadata().getIndices().size(), 0);
-    }
-
-    private static int getTotalShards(final ClusterState clusterState) {
-        final RoutingTable routingTable = clusterState.getRoutingTable();
-        final Map<String, IndexRoutingTable> indexRoutingTableMap = routingTable.getIndicesRouting();
-        int totalShards = 0;
-        for (final Map.Entry<String, IndexRoutingTable> entry : indexRoutingTableMap.entrySet()) {
-            for (final Map.Entry<Integer, IndexShardRoutingTable> indexShardRoutingTableEntry : entry.getValue().getShards().entrySet()) {
-                totalShards += indexShardRoutingTableEntry.getValue().getShards().size();
-            }
-        }
-        return totalShards;
-    }
-
     // TODO: Evaluate if we can move this to common util.
     private static <T> T chainWalk(Supplier<T> supplier, T defaultValue) {
         try {