diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
index 639b3f435b6a8..380b5dc60cc3f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/fielddata/IndexNumericFieldData.java
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ public void modifySortFieldTypeForIndexSortIfNeeded() {
      */
     public abstract NumericType getNumericType();
 
+    private boolean indexSortField;
+
     /**
      * Returns the {@link SortField} to used for sorting.
      * Values are casted to the provided <code>targetNumericType</code> type if it doesn't
@@ -146,8 +148,8 @@ public final SortField sortField(
         SortField sortField = new SortedNumericSortField(getFieldName(), getNumericType().sortFieldType, reverse, selectorType);
         sortField.setMissingValue(source.missingObject(missingValue, reverse));
         System.out.println(sortField);
-        if(reverse == false) {
-            throw  new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        if(indexSortField) {
+            sortField.setOptimizeSortWithPoints(false);
         }
         return sortField;
     }
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ public final SortField sortField(Object missingValue, MultiValueMode sortMode, N
     public final SortField indexSortField(Object missingValue, MultiValueMode sortMode, Nested nested, boolean reverse) {
         System.out.println("CHETAN LOGS : coming here....");
         getNumericType().modifySortFieldTypeForIndexSortIfNeeded();
+        this.indexSortField = true;
         return sortField(getNumericType(), missingValue, sortMode, nested, reverse);
     }