diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalSignificantTerms.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalSignificantTerms.java
index 6104d2193f6cd..25bd1c05dd2a4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalSignificantTerms.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/terms/InternalSignificantTerms.java
@@ -232,7 +232,12 @@ public InternalAggregation reduce(List<InternalAggregation> aggregations, Reduce
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             InternalSignificantTerms<A, B> terms = (InternalSignificantTerms<A, B>) aggregation;
             globalSubsetSize += terms.getSubsetSize();
-            globalSupersetSize += terms.getSupersetSize();
+            // supersetSize is a shard level count, so we only sum on the final reduce
+            if (reduceContext.isFinalReduce()) {
+                globalSupersetSize += terms.getSupersetSize(); // This can't be summed for slices
+            } else {
+                globalSupersetSize = terms.getSupersetSize(); // This can't be summed for slices
+            }
         }
         Map<String, List<B>> buckets = new HashMap<>();
         for (InternalAggregation aggregation : aggregations) {
@@ -291,7 +296,12 @@ protected B reduceBucket(List<B> buckets, ReduceContext context) {
         List<InternalAggregations> aggregationsList = new ArrayList<>(buckets.size());
         for (B bucket : buckets) {
             subsetDf += bucket.subsetDf;
-            supersetDf += bucket.supersetDf;
+            // supersetDf is a shard level count, so we only sum on the final reduce
+            if (context.isFinalReduce()) {
+                supersetDf += bucket.supersetDf;
+            } else {
+                supersetDf = bucket.supersetDf;
+            }
             aggregationsList.add(bucket.aggregations);
         }
         InternalAggregations aggs = InternalAggregations.reduce(aggregationsList, context);