diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
index 9654bd1c114ba..6cb5e049e0f1e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ public IndexRequest doc() {
 
     private IndexRequest safeDoc() {
         if (doc == null) {
-            doc = new IndexRequest();
+            doc = new IndexRequest(index);
         }
         return doc;
     }
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ public IndexRequest upsertRequest() {
 
     private IndexRequest safeUpsertRequest() {
         if (upsertRequest == null) {
-            upsertRequest = new IndexRequest();
+            upsertRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
         }
         return upsertRequest;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ingest/IngestService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ingest/IngestService.java
index 5c0ecb2f6bc56..ab8e823199447 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ingest/IngestService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ingest/IngestService.java
@@ -213,18 +213,11 @@ public static boolean resolvePipelines(
                     finalPipeline = IndexSettings.FINAL_PIPELINE.get(indexSettings);
                     indexRequest.setFinalPipeline(finalPipeline);
                 }
-            } else if (indexRequest.index() != null || originalRequest != null && originalRequest.index() != null) {
+            } else if (indexRequest.index() != null) {
                 // the index does not exist yet (and this is a valid request), so match index
                 // templates to look for pipelines in either a matching V2 template (which takes
                 // precedence), or if a V2 template does not match, any V1 templates
-                String indexName;
-                if (indexRequest.index() != null) {
-                    indexName = indexRequest.index();
-                } else {
-                    assert originalRequest != null;
-                    indexName = originalRequest.index();
-                }
-                String v2Template = MetadataIndexTemplateService.findV2Template(metadata, indexName, false);
+                String v2Template = MetadataIndexTemplateService.findV2Template(metadata, indexRequest.index(), false);
                 if (v2Template != null) {
                     Settings settings = MetadataIndexTemplateService.resolveSettings(metadata, v2Template);
                     if (IndexSettings.DEFAULT_PIPELINE.exists(settings)) {
@@ -238,7 +231,11 @@ public static boolean resolvePipelines(
                     indexRequest.setPipeline(defaultPipeline != null ? defaultPipeline : NOOP_PIPELINE_NAME);
                     indexRequest.setFinalPipeline(finalPipeline != null ? finalPipeline : NOOP_PIPELINE_NAME);
                 } else {
-                    List<IndexTemplateMetadata> templates = MetadataIndexTemplateService.findV1Templates(metadata, indexName, null);
+                    List<IndexTemplateMetadata> templates = MetadataIndexTemplateService.findV1Templates(
+                        metadata,
+                        indexRequest.index(),
+                        null
+                    );
                     // order of templates are highest order first
                     for (final IndexTemplateMetadata template : templates) {
                         final Settings settings = template.settings();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequestTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequestTests.java
index b70fda0d86240..fa9618024ddcb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequestTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/update/UpdateRequestTests.java
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ public void testFromXContent() throws Exception {
         assertThat(params, notNullValue());
         assertThat(params.size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(params.get("param1").toString(), equalTo("value1"));
+        assertThat(request.upsertRequest().index(), equalTo("test"));
         Map<String, Object> upsertDoc = XContentHelper.convertToMap(
             request.upsertRequest().source(),
             true,
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ public void testFromXContent() throws Exception {
             )
         );
         Map<String, Object> doc = request.doc().sourceAsMap();
+        assertThat(request.doc().index(), equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(doc.get("field1").toString(), equalTo("value1"));
         assertThat(((Map<String, Object>) doc.get("compound")).get("field2").toString(), equalTo("value2"));
     }