diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQuery.java
index 77db176c2..d1e339bd5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQuery.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public HybridQuery(final Collection<Query> subQueries, final List<Query> filterQ
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("collection of queries must not be empty");
         }
         Integer paginationDepth = hybridQueryContext.getPaginationDepth();
-        if (paginationDepth != null && paginationDepth == 0) {
+        if (Objects.nonNull(paginationDepth) && paginationDepth == 0) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("pagination_depth must not be zero");
         }
         if (Objects.isNull(filterQueries) || filterQueries.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridCollectorManager.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridCollectorManager.java
index 03290f421..3c6a7271f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridCollectorManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridCollectorManager.java
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ private static int getSubqueryResultsRetrievalSize(final SearchContext searchCon
         if (searchContext.from() == 0) {
             return searchContext.size();
         }
+        log.info("pagination_depth is {}", paginationDepth);
         return paginationDepth;
     }