diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtils.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtils.java
index 36db5ac317..2c54e87ce2 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtils.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtils.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.common.MLModel.MODEL_CONTENT_FIELD;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.common.MLModel.OLD_MODEL_CONTENT_FIELD;
 
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedActionException;
+import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.opensearch.commons.ConfigConstants;
 import org.opensearch.commons.authuser.User;
 import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener;
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.search.fetch.subphase.FetchSourceContext;
 import org.opensearch.search.internal.InternalSearchResponse;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
@@ -71,9 +75,12 @@ public class RestActionUtils {
     public static final String PARAMETER_TOOL_NAME = "tool_name";
 
     public static final String OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_CONFIG_PREFIX = "_opendistro_security_";
-    public static final String OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_SSL_PRINCIPAL = OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_CONFIG_PREFIX + "ssl_principal";
+
+    public static final String OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_USER = OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_CONFIG_PREFIX + "user";
 
     static final Set<LdapName> adminDn = new HashSet<>();
+    static final Set<String> adminUsernames = new HashSet<String>();
+    static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
     public static String getAlgorithm(RestRequest request) {
         String algorithm = request.param(PARAMETER_ALGORITHM);
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ public static Optional<String> getStringParam(RestRequest request, String paramN
      */
     public static User getUserContext(Client client) {
         String userStr = client.threadPool().getThreadContext().getTransient(ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_USER_INFO_THREAD_CONTEXT);
-        logger.debug("Filtering result by " + userStr);
+        logger.debug("Current user is " + userStr);
         return User.parse(userStr);
     }
 
@@ -226,13 +233,25 @@ public static boolean isSuperAdminUser(ClusterService clusterService, Client cli
                 logger.debug("{} is registered as an admin dn", dn);
                 adminDn.add(new LdapName(dn));
             } catch (final InvalidNameException e) {
-                logger.error("Unable to parse admin dn {}", dn, e);
+                logger.debug("Unable to parse admin dn {}", dn, e);
+                adminUsernames.add(dn);
             }
         }
 
-        ThreadContext threadContext = client.threadPool().getThreadContext();
-        final String sslPrincipal = threadContext.getTransient(OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_SSL_PRINCIPAL);
-        return isAdminDN(sslPrincipal);
+        Object userObject = client.threadPool().getThreadContext().getTransient(OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_USER);
+        if (userObject == null)
+            return false;
+        try {
+            return AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedExceptionAction<Boolean>) () -> {
+                String userContext = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(userObject);
+                final JsonNode node = objectMapper.readTree(userContext);
+                final String userName = node.get("name").asText();
+
+                return isAdminDN(userName);
+            });
+        } catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     private static boolean isAdminDN(String dn) {
@@ -241,7 +260,7 @@ private static boolean isAdminDN(String dn) {
         try {
             return isAdminDN(new LdapName(dn));
         } catch (InvalidNameException e) {
-            return false;
+            return adminUsernames.contains(dn);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtilsTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtilsTests.java
index 22947b6407..bf2714c618 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtilsTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/RestActionUtilsTests.java
@@ -297,16 +297,20 @@ public void testIsSuperAdminUser() {
         ThreadContext threadContext = new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY);
 
         when(clusterService.getSettings())
-            .thenReturn(Settings.builder().putList(RestActionUtils.SECURITY_AUTHCZ_ADMIN_DN, "cn=admin").build());
+            .thenReturn(
+                Settings.builder().putList(RestActionUtils.SECURITY_AUTHCZ_ADMIN_DN, "CN=kirk,OU=client,O=client,L=test, C=de").build()
+            );
         when(client.threadPool()).thenReturn(mock(ThreadPool.class));
         when(client.threadPool().getThreadContext()).thenReturn(threadContext);
 
-        threadContext.putTransient(RestActionUtils.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_SSL_PRINCIPAL, "cn=admin");
+        threadContext.putTransient(RestActionUtils.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_USER, Map.of("name", "CN=kirk,OU=client,O=client,L=test,C=de"));
 
         boolean isAdmin = RestActionUtils.isSuperAdminUser(clusterService, client);
         Assert.assertTrue(isAdmin);
     }
 
+    // Need to add a test case to cover non Ldap user
+
     @Test
     public void testIsSuperAdminUser_NotAdmin() {
         ClusterService clusterService = mock(ClusterService.class);
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ public void testIsSuperAdminUser_NotAdmin() {
             .thenReturn(Settings.builder().putList(RestActionUtils.SECURITY_AUTHCZ_ADMIN_DN, "cn=admin").build());
         when(client.threadPool()).thenReturn(mock(ThreadPool.class));
         when(client.threadPool().getThreadContext()).thenReturn(threadContext);
-        threadContext.putTransient(RestActionUtils.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_SSL_PRINCIPAL, "cn=notadmin");
+        threadContext.putTransient(RestActionUtils.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_USER, Map.of("name", "nonAdmin"));
 
         boolean isAdmin = RestActionUtils.isSuperAdminUser(clusterService, client);
         Assert.assertFalse(isAdmin);