diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
index f64dd3d7efae6..3d7a92ec1ed06 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ public void executeCreatePit(
             task.getParentTaskId(),
             Collections.emptyMap()
         );
+        /**
+         * This is needed for cross cluster functionality to work with PITs and current ccsMinimizeRoundTrips is
+         * not supported for point in time
+         */
+        searchRequest.setCcsMinimizeRoundtrips(false);
         /**
          * Phase 1 of create PIT
          */
@@ -193,6 +198,9 @@ void executeUpdatePitId(
             );
             for (Map.Entry<ShardId, SearchContextIdForNode> entry : contextId.shards().entrySet()) {
                 DiscoveryNode node = nodelookup.apply(entry.getValue().getClusterAlias(), entry.getValue().getNode());
+                if (node == null) {
+                    node = this.clusterService.state().getNodes().get(entry.getValue().getNode());
+                }
                 try {
                     final Transport.Connection connection = searchTransportService.getConnection(entry.getValue().getClusterAlias(), node);
                     searchTransportService.updatePitContext(
@@ -206,11 +214,12 @@ void executeUpdatePitId(
                         groupedActionListener
                     );
                 } catch (Exception e) {
+                    String nodeName = node.getName();
                     logger.error(
                         () -> new ParameterizedMessage(
                             "Create pit update phase failed for PIT ID [{}] on node [{}]",
                             searchResponse.pointInTimeId(),
-                            node
+                            nodeName
                         ),
                         e
                     );
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/PitService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/PitService.java
index ff068397ad94e..17a00916401fe 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/PitService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/PitService.java
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ public void deletePitContexts(
 
             for (Map.Entry<String, List<PitSearchContextIdForNode>> entry : nodeToContextsMap.entrySet()) {
                 String clusterAlias = entry.getValue().get(0).getSearchContextIdForNode().getClusterAlias();
-                final DiscoveryNode node = nodeLookup.apply(clusterAlias, entry.getValue().get(0).getSearchContextIdForNode().getNode());
+                DiscoveryNode node = nodeLookup.apply(clusterAlias, entry.getValue().get(0).getSearchContextIdForNode().getNode());
+                if (node == null) {
+                    node = this.clusterService.state().getNodes().get(entry.getValue().get(0).getSearchContextIdForNode().getNode());
+                }
                 if (node == null) {
                     logger.error(
                         () -> new ParameterizedMessage("node [{}] not found", entry.getValue().get(0).getSearchContextIdForNode().getNode())
@@ -108,7 +111,8 @@ public void deletePitContexts(
                         final Transport.Connection connection = searchTransportService.getConnection(clusterAlias, node);
                         searchTransportService.sendFreePITContexts(connection, entry.getValue(), groupedListener);
                     } catch (Exception e) {
-                        logger.error(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("Delete PITs failed on node [{}]", node.getName()), e);
+                        String nodeName = node.getName();
+                        logger.error(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("Delete PITs failed on node [{}]", nodeName), e);
                         List<DeletePitInfo> deletePitInfos = new ArrayList<>();
                         for (PitSearchContextIdForNode pitSearchContextIdForNode : entry.getValue()) {
                             deletePitInfos.add(new DeletePitInfo(false, pitSearchContextIdForNode.getPitId()));