diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/TransportGetSnapshotsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/TransportGetSnapshotsAction.java
index d9fef7e0af8af..896b336d54d7b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/TransportGetSnapshotsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/TransportGetSnapshotsAction.java
@@ -276,55 +276,67 @@ void runOperation(ActionListener<GetSnapshotsResponse> listener) {
          */
         private void populateResults(ActionListener<Void> listener) {
             try (var listeners = new RefCountingListener(listener)) {
-                for (final RepositoryMetadata repository : repositories) {
-                    final String repositoryName = repository.name();
-                    if (skipRepository(repositoryName)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
 
-                    if (listeners.isFailing()) {
-                        return;
-                    }
+                final BooleanSupplier failFastSupplier = () -> cancellableTask.isCancelled() || listeners.isFailing();
+
+                final Iterator<AsyncSnapshotInfoIterator> asyncSnapshotInfoIterators = Iterators.failFast(
+                    Iterators.map(
+                        Iterators.filter(
+                            Iterators.map(repositories.iterator(), RepositoryMetadata::name),
+                            repositoryName -> skipRepository(repositoryName) == false
+                        ),
+                        repositoryName -> asyncRepositoryContentsListener -> SubscribableListener
+
+                            .<RepositoryData>newForked(l -> maybeGetRepositoryData(repositoryName, l))
+                            .andThenApply(repositoryData -> {
+                                assert ThreadPool.assertCurrentThreadPool(ThreadPool.Names.MANAGEMENT);
+                                cancellableTask.ensureNotCancelled();
+                                ensureRequiredNamesPresent(repositoryName, repositoryData);
+                                return getAsyncSnapshotInfoIterator(repositoriesService.repository(repositoryName), repositoryData);
+                            })
+                            .addListener(asyncRepositoryContentsListener)
+                    ),
+                    failFastSupplier
+                );
 
-                    maybeGetRepositoryData(repositoryName, listeners.acquire(repositoryData -> {
-                        assert ThreadPool.assertCurrentThreadPool(ThreadPool.Names.MANAGEMENT);
-                        cancellableTask.ensureNotCancelled();
-                        ensureRequiredNamesPresent(repositoryName, repositoryData);
-                        ThrottledIterator.run(
-                            Iterators.failFast(
-                                getAsyncSnapshotInfoIterator(repositoriesService.repository(repositoryName), repositoryData),
-                                () -> cancellableTask.isCancelled() || listeners.isFailing()
-                            ),
-                            (ref, asyncSnapshotInfo) -> ActionListener.run(
-                                ActionListener.runBefore(listeners.acquire(), ref::close),
-                                refListener -> asyncSnapshotInfo.getSnapshotInfo(new ActionListener<>() {
-                                    @Override
-                                    public void onResponse(SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo) {
-                                        if (matchesPredicates(snapshotInfo)) {
-                                            totalCount.incrementAndGet();
-                                            if (afterPredicate.test(snapshotInfo)) {
-                                                allSnapshotInfos.add(snapshotInfo.maybeWithoutIndices(indices));
+                // TODO if the request parameters allow it, modify asyncSnapshotInfoIterators to skip unnecessary GET calls here
+
+                asyncSnapshotInfoIterators.forEachRemaining(
+                    asyncSnapshotInfoIteratorSupplier -> asyncSnapshotInfoIteratorSupplier.getAsyncSnapshotInfoIterator(
+                        listeners.acquire(
+                            asyncSnapshotInfoIterator -> ThrottledIterator.run(
+                                Iterators.failFast(asyncSnapshotInfoIterator, failFastSupplier),
+                                (ref, asyncSnapshotInfo) -> ActionListener.run(
+                                    ActionListener.runBefore(listeners.acquire(), ref::close),
+                                    refListener -> asyncSnapshotInfo.getSnapshotInfo(new ActionListener<>() {
+                                        @Override
+                                        public void onResponse(SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo) {
+                                            if (matchesPredicates(snapshotInfo)) {
+                                                totalCount.incrementAndGet();
+                                                if (afterPredicate.test(snapshotInfo)) {
+                                                    allSnapshotInfos.add(snapshotInfo.maybeWithoutIndices(indices));
+                                                }
                                             }
+                                            refListener.onResponse(null);
                                         }
-                                        refListener.onResponse(null);
-                                    }
 
-                                    @Override
-                                    public void onFailure(Exception e) {
-                                        if (ignoreUnavailable) {
-                                            logger.warn(Strings.format("failed to fetch snapshot info for [%s]", asyncSnapshotInfo), e);
-                                            refListener.onResponse(null);
-                                        } else {
-                                            refListener.onFailure(e);
+                                        @Override
+                                        public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                                            if (ignoreUnavailable) {
+                                                logger.warn(Strings.format("failed to fetch snapshot info for [%s]", asyncSnapshotInfo), e);
+                                                refListener.onResponse(null);
+                                            } else {
+                                                refListener.onFailure(e);
+                                            }
                                         }
-                                    }
-                                })
-                            ),
-                            getSnapshotInfoExecutor.getMaxRunningTasks(),
-                            () -> {}
-                        );
-                    }));
-                }
+                                    })
+                                ),
+                                getSnapshotInfoExecutor.getMaxRunningTasks(),
+                                () -> {}
+                            )
+                        )
+                    )
+                );
             }
         }
 
@@ -383,6 +395,17 @@ private interface AsyncSnapshotInfo {
             void getSnapshotInfo(ActionListener<SnapshotInfo> listener);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * An asynchronous supplier of the collection of snapshots contained in a repository, as an iterator over snapshots each represented
+         * as an {@link AsyncSnapshotInfo}.
+         */
+        private interface AsyncSnapshotInfoIterator {
+            /**
+             * @param listener completed, possibly asynchronously, with the appropriate iterator over {@link AsyncSnapshotInfo} instances.
+             */
+            void getAsyncSnapshotInfoIterator(ActionListener<Iterator<AsyncSnapshotInfo>> listener);
+        }
+
         /**
          * @return an {@link AsyncSnapshotInfo} for the given in-progress snapshot entry.
          */