diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
index 85aeaf5c48..9d5ebe5200 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
@@ -520,11 +520,12 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
             if (!replaceResult.continueEvaluation) {
                 if (replaceResult.accessDenied) {
                     auditLog.logMissingPrivileges(action0, request, task);
+                    return PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse.insufficient(action0, context);
                 } else {
                     presponse.allowed = true;
                     presponse.createIndexRequestBuilder = replaceResult.createIndexRequestBuilder;
+                    return presponse;
                 }
-                return presponse;
             }
         }