diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
index 6e707aafdde35..1689234303d78 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static Map<String, Float> resolveMappingField(
     }
 
     static void checkForTooManyFields(int numberOfFields, QueryShardContext context, @Nullable String inputPattern) {
-        Integer limit = SearchService.INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING.get(context.getIndexSettings().getSettings());
+        Integer limit = SearchService.getMaxClauseCount();
         if (numberOfFields > limit) {
             StringBuilder errorMsg = new StringBuilder("field expansion ");
             if (inputPattern != null) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
index befd21778a096..474e4facd12dc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements IndexEv
 
     private volatile int maxOpenPitContext;
 
+    private static volatile int maxClauseCount;
+
     private final Cancellable keepAliveReaper;
 
     private final AtomicLong idGenerator = new AtomicLong();
@@ -400,8 +402,8 @@ public SearchService(
         lowLevelCancellation = LOW_LEVEL_CANCELLATION_SETTING.get(settings);
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(LOW_LEVEL_CANCELLATION_SETTING, this::setLowLevelCancellation);
 
-        IndexSearcher.setMaxClauseCount(INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING.get(settings));
-        clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING, IndexSearcher::setMaxClauseCount);
+        setMaxClauseCount(INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING.get(settings));
+        clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT_SETTING, SearchService::setMaxClauseCount);
     }
 
     private void validateKeepAlives(TimeValue defaultKeepAlive, TimeValue maxKeepAlive) {
@@ -478,6 +480,16 @@ private void setLowLevelCancellation(Boolean lowLevelCancellation) {
         this.lowLevelCancellation = lowLevelCancellation;
     }
 
+    private static void setMaxClauseCount(int maxClauseCount) {
+        SearchService.maxClauseCount = maxClauseCount;
+        IndexSearcher.setMaxClauseCount(maxClauseCount);
+    }
+
+    public static int getMaxClauseCount() {
+        return SearchService.maxClauseCount;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public void afterIndexRemoved(Index index, IndexSettings indexSettings, IndexRemovalReason reason) {
         // once an index is removed due to deletion or closing, we can just clean up all the pending search context information