diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
index 34d2e37bde837..6ad0907d4392e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
@@ -1012,8 +1012,8 @@ public static void updateReplicationStrategy(
             indexReplicationType = INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.get(requestSettings);
         } else if (combinedTemplateSettings != null && INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.exists(combinedTemplateSettings)) {
             indexReplicationType = INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.get(combinedTemplateSettings);
-        } else if (CLUSTER_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.exists(nodeSettings)) {
-            indexReplicationType = CLUSTER_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.get(nodeSettings);
+        } else if (clusterSettings.get(CLUSTER_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING) != null) {
+            indexReplicationType = clusterSettings.get(CLUSTER_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING);
         } else if (isRemoteDataAttributePresent(nodeSettings) || isMigratingToRemoteStore(clusterSettings)) {
             indexReplicationType = ReplicationType.SEGMENT;
         } else {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
index 980610d337a63..728975b7c829d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RestoreService.java
@@ -685,12 +685,19 @@ private Settings getOverrideSettingsInternal() {
                                 settingsBuilder,
                                 request.indexSettings(),
                                 clusterService.getSettings(),
-                                null
+                                null,
+                                clusterSettings
                             );
                         }
                         // remote store settings needs to be overridden if the remote store feature is enabled in the
                         // cluster where snapshot is being restored.
-                        MetadataCreateIndexService.updateRemoteStoreSettings(settingsBuilder, clusterService.getSettings());
+                        MetadataCreateIndexService.updateRemoteStoreSettings(
+                            settingsBuilder,
+                            clusterService.state(),
+                            clusterSettings,
+                            clusterService.getSettings(),
+                            request.getDescription()
+                        );
                         return settingsBuilder.build();
                     }