diff --git a/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/security/FlsAndFieldMaskingTests.java b/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/security/FlsAndFieldMaskingTests.java
index a2409c22bd..0868e82c8d 100644
--- a/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/security/FlsAndFieldMaskingTests.java
+++ b/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/security/FlsAndFieldMaskingTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.test.framework.cluster.ClusterManager;
 import org.opensearch.test.framework.cluster.LocalCluster;
 import org.opensearch.test.framework.cluster.TestRestClient;
+import org.opensearch.test.framework.log.LogsRule;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
@@ -305,6 +307,9 @@ public class FlsAndFieldMaskingTests {
         )
         .build();
 
+    @Rule
+    public LogsRule logsRule = new LogsRule("org.opensearch.security.configuration.SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper");
+
     /**
     * Function that returns id assigned to song with title equal to given title or throws {@link RuntimeException}
     * when no song matches.
@@ -1719,6 +1724,7 @@ private void assertProperSearchResponseForTitleFieldMaskingAndNoTitleFieldAndOnl
         });
     }
 
+    @Test
     public void flsWithIncludesRulesIncludesFieldMappersFromPlugins() throws IOException {
         String indexName = "fls_includes_index";
         TestSecurityConfig.Role userRole = new TestSecurityConfig.Role("fls_include_stars_reader").clusterPermissions(
@@ -1742,4 +1748,34 @@ public void flsWithIncludesRulesIncludesFieldMappersFromPlugins() throws IOExcep
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFlsOnAClosedAndReopenedIndex() throws IOException {
+        String indexName = "fls_includes_index";
+        TestSecurityConfig.Role userRole = new TestSecurityConfig.Role("fls_include_stars_reader").clusterPermissions(
+            "cluster_composite_ops_ro"
+        ).indexPermissions("read").fls(FIELD_STARS).on("*");
+        TestSecurityConfig.User user = createUserWithRole("fls_includes_user", userRole);
+        List<String> docIds = createIndexWithDocs(indexName, SONGS[0], SONGS[1]);
+
+        try (TestRestClient client = cluster.getRestClient(ADMIN_USER)) {
+            client.post(indexName + "/_close");
+            client.post(indexName + "/_open");
+            logsRule.assertThatContainExactly(indexName + " was closed. Setting metadataFields to empty. Closed index is not searchable.");
+        }
+
+        try (RestHighLevelClient restHighLevelClient = cluster.getRestHighLevelClient(user)) {
+            SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest(indexName);
+            SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+            MatchAllQueryBuilder matchAllQueryBuilder = QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery();
+            searchSourceBuilder.storedFields(List.of(SizeFieldMapper.NAME, SourceFieldMapper.NAME));
+            searchSourceBuilder.query(matchAllQueryBuilder);
+            searchRequest.source(searchSourceBuilder);
+            SearchResponse searchResponse = restHighLevelClient.search(searchRequest, DEFAULT);
+
+            assertSearchHitsDoContainField(searchResponse, FIELD_STARS);
+            assertThat(searchResponse.toString(), containsString(SizeFieldMapper.NAME));
+            assertSearchHitsDoNotContainField(searchResponse, FIELD_ARTIST);
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/test/framework/log/LogsRule.java b/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/test/framework/log/LogsRule.java
index 46fa252df4..080fc1375c 100644
--- a/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/test/framework/log/LogsRule.java
+++ b/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/test/framework/log/LogsRule.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void assertThatContainExactly(String expectedLogMessage) {
     */
     public void assertThatContain(String messageFragment) {
         List<String> messages = LogCapturingAppender.getLogMessagesAsString();
-        ;
+
         String reason = reasonMessage(messageFragment, messages);
         assertThat(reason, messages, hasItem(containsString(messageFragment)));
     }
diff --git a/src/integrationTest/resources/log4j2-test.properties b/src/integrationTest/resources/log4j2-test.properties
index 0b865b46b3..ee1bd5b455 100644
--- a/src/integrationTest/resources/log4j2-test.properties
+++ b/src/integrationTest/resources/log4j2-test.properties
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ logger.auditlogs.level = info
 # Logger required by test org.opensearch.security.http.JwtAuthenticationTests
 logger.httpjwtauthenticator.name = com.amazon.dlic.auth.http.jwt.HTTPJwtAuthenticator
 logger.httpjwtauthenticator.level = debug
-logger.backendreg.additivity = false
 logger.httpjwtauthenticator.appenderRef.capturing.ref = logCapturingAppender
 
+logger.securityflsdlsindexsearcherwrapper.name = org.opensearch.security.configuration.SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper
+logger.securityflsdlsindexsearcherwrapper.level = debug
+logger.securityflsdlsindexsearcherwrapper.appenderRef.capturing.ref = logCapturingAppender
+
 #Required by tests:
 # org.opensearch.security.IpBruteForceAttacksPreventionTests
 # org.opensearch.security.UserBruteForceAttacksPreventionTests
@@ -43,5 +46,4 @@ logger.backendreg.appenderRef.capturing.ref = logCapturingAppender
 #logger.ldap.name=com.amazon.dlic.auth.ldap.backend.LDAPAuthenticationBackend
 logger.ldap.name=com.amazon.dlic.auth.ldap.backend
 logger.ldap.level=TRACE
-logger.backendreg.additivity = false
 logger.ldap.appenderRef.capturing.ref = logCapturingAppender
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper.java
index f6d55e4289..f66ff7a2c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper.java
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
 import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.DirectoryReader;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.ConstantScoreQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.core.index.shard.ShardId;
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@
 
 public class SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper extends SecurityIndexSearcherWrapper {
 
+    public final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(this.getClass());
+
     private final Set<String> metaFields;
     public static final Set<String> META_FIELDS_BEFORE_7DOT8 = Collections.unmodifiableSet(
         new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("_timestamp", "_ttl", "_type"))
@@ -62,10 +67,21 @@ public SecurityFlsDlsIndexSearcherWrapper(
         final Salt salt
     ) {
         super(indexService, settings, adminDNs, evaluator);
-        Set<String> metadataFieldsCopy = new HashSet<>(indexService.mapperService().getMetadataFields());
-        SeqNoFieldMapper.SequenceIDFields sequenceIDFields = SeqNoFieldMapper.SequenceIDFields.emptySeqID();
-        metadataFieldsCopy.add(sequenceIDFields.primaryTerm.name());
-        metadataFieldsCopy.addAll(META_FIELDS_BEFORE_7DOT8);
+        Set<String> metadataFieldsCopy;
+        if (indexService.getMetadata().getState() == IndexMetadata.State.CLOSE) {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug(
+                    "{} was closed. Setting metadataFields to empty. Closed index is not searchable.",
+                    indexService.index().getName()
+                );
+            }
+            metadataFieldsCopy = Collections.emptySet();
+        } else {
+            metadataFieldsCopy = new HashSet<>(indexService.mapperService().getMetadataFields());
+            SeqNoFieldMapper.SequenceIDFields sequenceIDFields = SeqNoFieldMapper.SequenceIDFields.emptySeqID();
+            metadataFieldsCopy.add(sequenceIDFields.primaryTerm.name());
+            metadataFieldsCopy.addAll(META_FIELDS_BEFORE_7DOT8);
+        }
         metaFields = metadataFieldsCopy;
         ciol.setIs(indexService);
         this.clusterService = clusterService;