diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RoutingNodes.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RoutingNodes.java
index 6ff6031c8dc3e..ab455f52c4195 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RoutingNodes.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/RoutingNodes.java
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ private void unassignPrimaryAndPromoteActiveReplicaIfExists(
     ) {
         assert failedShard.primary();
         ShardRouting activeReplica = null;
-        if (isMigratingToRemoteStore(metadata.settings())) {
+        if (isMigratingToRemoteStore(metadata)) {
             // we might not find any replica on remote node
             activeReplica = activeReplicaOnRemoteNode(failedShard.shardId());
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeService.java
index 714c5950e31c9..adfb751421db7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeService.java
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoriesMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Setting;
-import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.Repository;
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ public static boolean isMigratingToRemoteStore(ClusterSettings clusterSettings)
     }
 
     /**
-     * To check if the cluster is undergoing remote store migration using metadata settings
+     * To check if the cluster is undergoing remote store migration using clusterState metadata
      * @return
      * <code>true</code> For <code>REMOTE_STORE</code> migration direction and <code>MIXED</code> compatibility mode,
      * <code>false</code> otherwise
      */
-    public static boolean isMigratingToRemoteStore(Settings settings) {
-        boolean isMixedMode = REMOTE_STORE_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_SETTING.get(settings).equals(CompatibilityMode.MIXED);
-        boolean isRemoteStoreMigrationDirection = MIGRATION_DIRECTION_SETTING.get(settings).equals(Direction.REMOTE_STORE);
+    public static boolean isMigratingToRemoteStore(Metadata metadata) {
+        boolean isMixedMode = REMOTE_STORE_COMPATIBILITY_MODE_SETTING.get(metadata.settings()).equals(CompatibilityMode.MIXED);
+        boolean isRemoteStoreMigrationDirection = MIGRATION_DIRECTION_SETTING.get(metadata.settings()).equals(Direction.REMOTE_STORE);
 
         return (isMixedMode && isRemoteStoreMigrationDirection);
     }