diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.java
index 12d5daa482cd4..9aefbac01cf6c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public DiffableUtils.MapDiff<String, ClusterState.Custom, Map<String, ClusterSta
         ClusterState clusterState,
         ClusterState previousClusterState,
         boolean includeEphemeral,
-        boolean firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata
+        boolean firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata
     ) {
         if (!includeEphemeral) {
             // When includeEphemeral is false, we do not want store any custom objects
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public DiffableUtils.MapDiff<String, ClusterState.Custom, Map<String, ClusterSta
                 NonDiffableValueSerializer.getAbstractInstance()
             );
         }
-        if (firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata) {
+        if (firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata) {
             // For first split global metadata upload, we want to upload all customs
             return DiffableUtils.diff(
                 Collections.emptyMap(),
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManagerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManagerTests.java
index 22f1d79882228..bd01bc1ab0cdb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManagerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManagerTests.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public void testGetUpdatedCustoms() {
             CustomMetadata4.TYPE,
             new CustomMetadata4("data4"),
             CustomMetadata5.TYPE,
-            new CustomMetadata5("data4")
+            new CustomMetadata5("data5")
         );
         ClusterState currentState = ClusterState.builder(new ClusterName("test-cluster"))
             .metadata(Metadata.builder().customs(currentCustoms))