diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfo.java
index fcf3abbb23cca..3659f86a980a0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfo.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ExpectedShardSizeEstimator;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.RecoverySource;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.UnassignedInfo;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
  * <code>InternalClusterInfoService.shardIdentifierFromRouting(String)</code>
  * for the key used in the shardSizes map
  */
-public class ClusterInfo implements ChunkedToXContent, Writeable {
+public class ClusterInfo implements ChunkedToXContent, Writeable, ExpectedShardSizeEstimator.ShardSizeProvider {
 
     public static final ClusterInfo EMPTY = new ClusterInfo();
 
@@ -289,33 +290,11 @@ public Map<ShardId, Double> getShardWriteLoads() {
     /**
      * Returns the shard size for the given shardId or <code>null</code> if that metric is not available.
      */
+    @Override
     public Long getShardSize(ShardId shardId, boolean primary) {
         return shardSizes.get(shardIdentifierFromRouting(shardId, primary));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>null</code> if that metric is not available.
-     */
-    public Long getShardSize(ShardRouting shardRouting) {
-        return getShardSize(shardRouting.shardId(), shardRouting.primary());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>defaultValue</code> it that metric is not available.
-     */
-    public long getShardSize(ShardRouting shardRouting, long defaultValue) {
-        Long shardSize = getShardSize(shardRouting);
-        return shardSize == null ? defaultValue : shardSize;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>defaultValue</code> it that metric is not available.
-     */
-    public long getShardSize(ShardId shardId, boolean primary, long defaultValue) {
-        Long shardSize = getShardSize(shardId, primary);
-        return shardSize == null ? defaultValue : shardSize;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the nodes absolute data-path the given shard is allocated on or <code>null</code> if the information is not available.
      */
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfoSimulator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfoSimulator.java
index f8c69a96e1287..19eafd39d7ea9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfoSimulator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterInfoSimulator.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public void simulateShardStarted(ShardRouting shard) {
         var size = getExpectedShardSize(
             shard,
             shard.getExpectedShardSize(),
-            getClusterInfo(),
+            (shardId, primary) -> shardSizes.get(shardIdentifierFromRouting(shardId, primary)),
             allocation.snapshotShardSizeInfo(),
             project,
             allocation.routingTable(project.id())
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/ExpectedShardSizeEstimator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/ExpectedShardSizeEstimator.java
index 793127bf95277..a19f4087696bc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/ExpectedShardSizeEstimator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/ExpectedShardSizeEstimator.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProjectMetadata;
@@ -22,6 +21,36 @@
 
 public class ExpectedShardSizeEstimator {
 
+    public interface ShardSizeProvider {
+        /**
+         * Returns the shard size for the given shardId or <code>null</code> if that metric is not available.
+         */
+        Long getShardSize(ShardId shardId, boolean primary);
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>null</code> if that metric is not available.
+         */
+        default Long getShardSize(ShardRouting shardRouting) {
+            return getShardSize(shardRouting.shardId(), shardRouting.primary());
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>defaultValue</code> it that metric is not available.
+         */
+        default long getShardSize(ShardRouting shardRouting, long defaultValue) {
+            final var shardSize = getShardSize(shardRouting);
+            return shardSize == null ? defaultValue : shardSize;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the shard size for the given shard routing or <code>defaultValue</code> it that metric is not available.
+         */
+        default long getShardSize(ShardId shardId, boolean primary, long defaultValue) {
+            final var shardSize = getShardSize(shardId, primary);
+            return shardSize == null ? defaultValue : shardSize;
+        }
+    }
+
     public static boolean shouldReserveSpaceForInitializingShard(ShardRouting shard, RoutingAllocation allocation) {
         return shouldReserveSpaceForInitializingShard(shard, allocation.metadata());
     }
@@ -69,7 +98,7 @@ public static boolean shouldReserveSpaceForInitializingShard(ShardRouting shard,
     public static long getExpectedShardSize(
         ShardRouting shard,
         long defaultValue,
-        ClusterInfo clusterInfo,
+        ShardSizeProvider shardSizeProvider,
         SnapshotShardSizeInfo snapshotShardSizeInfo,
         ProjectMetadata projectMetadata,
         RoutingTable routingTable
@@ -79,15 +108,15 @@ public static long getExpectedShardSize(
             && shard.active() == false
             && shard.recoverySource().getType() == RecoverySource.Type.LOCAL_SHARDS) {
             assert shard.primary() : "All replica shards are recovering from " + RecoverySource.Type.PEER;
-            return getExpectedSizeOfResizedShard(shard, defaultValue, indexMetadata, clusterInfo, projectMetadata, routingTable);
+            return getExpectedSizeOfResizedShard(shard, defaultValue, indexMetadata, shardSizeProvider, projectMetadata, routingTable);
         } else if (shard.active() == false && shard.recoverySource().getType() == RecoverySource.Type.SNAPSHOT) {
             assert shard.primary() : "All replica shards are recovering from " + RecoverySource.Type.PEER;
             return snapshotShardSizeInfo.getShardSize(shard, defaultValue);
         } else {
-            var shardSize = clusterInfo.getShardSize(shard.shardId(), shard.primary());
+            var shardSize = shardSizeProvider.getShardSize(shard.shardId(), shard.primary());
             if (shardSize == null && shard.primary() == false) {
                 // derive replica size from corresponding primary
-                shardSize = clusterInfo.getShardSize(shard.shardId(), true);
+                shardSize = shardSizeProvider.getShardSize(shard.shardId(), true);
             }
             return shardSize == null ? defaultValue : shardSize;
         }
@@ -97,7 +126,7 @@ private static long getExpectedSizeOfResizedShard(
         ShardRouting shard,
         long defaultValue,
         IndexMetadata indexMetadata,
-        ClusterInfo clusterInfo,
+        ShardSizeProvider shardSizeProvider,
         ProjectMetadata projectMetadata,
         RoutingTable routingTable
     ) {
@@ -120,7 +149,7 @@ private static long getExpectedSizeOfResizedShard(
             for (int i = 0; i < indexRoutingTable.size(); i++) {
                 IndexShardRoutingTable shardRoutingTable = indexRoutingTable.shard(i);
                 if (shardIds.contains(shardRoutingTable.shardId())) {
-                    targetShardSize += clusterInfo.getShardSize(shardRoutingTable.primaryShard(), 0);
+                    targetShardSize += shardSizeProvider.getShardSize(shardRoutingTable.primaryShard(), 0);
                 }
             }
         }