diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b38bc6d2..c0bf4b0b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+- Fixed variable name in `OpenSearch::Client#respond_to_missing?` ([#247](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ruby/pull/247))
 ### Security
 
 ## [3.2.0]
diff --git a/lib/opensearch.rb b/lib/opensearch.rb
index 7f97f2daa..3ea553b16 100644
--- a/lib/opensearch.rb
+++ b/lib/opensearch.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
     end
 
     def respond_to_missing?(method_name, include_private = false)
-      name == :perform_request || super
+      method_name == :perform_request || super
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/lib/opensearch/dsl/search.rb b/lib/opensearch/dsl/search.rb
index 19c05e7ce..987820582 100644
--- a/lib/opensearch/dsl/search.rb
+++ b/lib/opensearch/dsl/search.rb
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
         end
 
         def respond_to_missing?(method_name, include_private = false)
-          @options.respond_to?(name) || super
+          @options.respond_to?(method_name) || super
         end
 
         # Converts the search definition to a Hash
diff --git a/spec/opensearch/client/unit/opensearch_client_spec.rb b/spec/opensearch/client/unit/opensearch_client_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c43290714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/opensearch/client/unit/opensearch_client_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+
+describe 'OpenSearch::Client#respond_to_missing?' do
+  it 'returns to correct results' do
+    client = OpenSearch::Client.new
+    expect(client.send(:respond_to_missing?, :perform_request)).to be true
+    expect(client.send(:respond_to_missing?, :something_else)).to be false
+  end
+end