diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index 329ebd0dcd2b8..57b1b972e08c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ public ClusterMetadataManifest writeIncrementalMetadata(
     private String writeGlobalMetadata(ClusterState clusterState) throws IOException {
 
         AtomicReference<String> result = new AtomicReference<String>();
+        AtomicReference<Exception> exceptionReference = new AtomicReference<Exception>();
+
         final BlobContainer globalMetadataContainer = globalMetadataContainer(
             clusterState.getClusterName().value(),
             clusterState.metadata().clusterUUID()
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ private String writeGlobalMetadata(ClusterState clusterState) throws IOException
         LatchedActionListener completionListener = new LatchedActionListener<>(ActionListener.wrap(resp -> {
             logger.trace(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "GlobalMetadata uploaded successfully."));
             result.set(globalMetadataContainer.path().buildAsString() + globalMetadataFilename);
-        }, ex -> { throw new GlobalMetadataTransferException(ex.getMessage(), ex); }), latch);
+        }, ex -> { exceptionReference.set(ex); }), latch);
 
         GLOBAL_METADATA_FORMAT.writeAsyncWithUrgentPriority(
             clusterState.metadata(),
@@ -408,7 +410,9 @@ private String writeGlobalMetadata(ClusterState clusterState) throws IOException
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
             throw exception;
         }
-
+        if (exceptionReference.get() != null) {
+            throw new GlobalMetadataTransferException(exceptionReference.get().getMessage(), exceptionReference.get());
+        }
         return result.get();
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
index 5a43864f40c0c..ca88653f529f6 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
@@ -294,7 +294,13 @@ public void testWriteFullMetadataFailureForGlobalMetadata() throws IOException {
         ArgumentCaptor<ActionListener<Void>> actionListenerArgumentCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ActionListener.class);
 
         doAnswer((i) -> {
-            actionListenerArgumentCaptor.getValue().onFailure(new RuntimeException("Cannot upload to remote"));
+            // For async write action listener will be called from different thread, replicating same behaviour here.
+            new Thread(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    actionListenerArgumentCaptor.getValue().onFailure(new RuntimeException("Cannot upload to remote"));
+                }
+            }).start();
             return null;
         }).when(container).asyncBlobUpload(any(WriteContext.class), actionListenerArgumentCaptor.capture());