diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction.kt
index 4ce6025bd..918c64e74 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction.kt
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ class TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction @Inject constructor(
             return
         }
 
+        val userStr = client.threadPool().threadContext
+            .getTransient<String>(ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_USER_INFO_THREAD_CONTEXT)
+        log.info("hurneyt TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction::userStr = {}", userStr)
+
         client.threadPool().threadContext.stashContext().use {
+            if (userStr.isNotEmpty()) client.threadPool().threadContext.putTransient(ConfigConstants.INJECTED_USER, userStr)
             scope.launch {
                 val clusterIndexesList = mutableListOf<ClusterIndexes>()
 
@@ -164,12 +169,7 @@ class TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction @Inject constructor(
             ResolveIndexAction.Request.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS
         )
 
-        val userStr = client.threadPool().threadContext
-            .getTransient<String>(ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_USER_INFO_THREAD_CONTEXT)
-        log.info("hurneyt TransportGetRemoteIndexesAction::userStr = {}", userStr)
-
         return client.suspendUntil {
-            if (userStr.isNotEmpty()) threadPool().threadContext.putTransient(ConfigConstants.INJECTED_USER, userStr)
             // TODO hurneyt: return aliases as well
             admin().indices().resolveIndex(resolveRequest, it)
         }