diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationState.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationState.java
index bb156adb40f30..08685a2c07538 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationState.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/CoordinationState.java
@@ -463,10 +463,7 @@ public PublishResponse handlePublishRequest(PublishRequest publishRequest) {
         persistedStateRegistry.getPersistedState(PersistedStateType.LOCAL).setLastAcceptedState(clusterState);
         // if Remote publication is enabled, we only need to update the accepted state in followers node as elected cluster manager would
         // have already updated the last accepted state
-        if (isRemotePublicationEnabled
-            && publishRequest.getManifest() != null
-            && localNode.isClusterManagerNode()
-            && clusterState.getNodes().isLocalNodeElectedClusterManager() == false) {
+        if (shouldUpdateRemotePersistedState(publishRequest)) {
             persistedStateRegistry.getPersistedState(PersistedStateType.REMOTE).setLastAcceptedState(clusterState);
             ((GatewayMetaState.RemotePersistedState) persistedStateRegistry.getPersistedState(PersistedStateType.REMOTE))
                 .setLastAcceptedManifest(publishRequest.getManifest());
@@ -631,6 +628,14 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
         IOUtils.close(persistedStateRegistry);
     }
 
+    private boolean shouldUpdateRemotePersistedState(PublishRequest publishRequest) {
+        return isRemotePublicationEnabled
+            && publishRequest.getManifest() != null
+            && localNode.isClusterManagerNode()
+            && publishRequest.getAcceptedState().getNodes().isLocalNodeElectedClusterManager() == false
+            && persistedStateRegistry.getPersistedState(PersistedStateType.REMOTE) != null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Pluggable persistence layer for {@link CoordinationState}.
      *
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
index 3fe5957622448..53742556f0594 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ public void testFailWriteIncrementalMetadataNonClusterManagerNode() throws IOExc
         final RemoteClusterStateManifestInfo manifestDetails = remoteClusterStateService.writeIncrementalMetadata(
             clusterState,
             clusterState,
-            null
+            ClusterMetadataManifest.builder().build()
         );
         Assert.assertThat(manifestDetails, nullValue());
         assertEquals(0, remoteClusterStateService.getStats().getSuccessCount());