diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/AbstractSiteToSiteClient.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/AbstractSiteToSiteClient.java
index 05cf1f9c53..c6b98a05f9 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/AbstractSiteToSiteClient.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/AbstractSiteToSiteClient.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSiteToSiteClient implements SiteToSiteClient {
         siteInfoProvider.setConnectTimeoutMillis(commsTimeout);
         siteInfoProvider.setReadTimeoutMillis(commsTimeout);
         siteInfoProvider.setProxy(config.getHttpProxy());
-
+        siteInfoProvider.setLocalAddress(config.getLocalAddress());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/SiteInfoProvider.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/SiteInfoProvider.java
index a1a9a9c32b..06b939dff1 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/SiteInfoProvider.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/SiteInfoProvider.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.nifi.remote.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class SiteInfoProvider {
     private Boolean siteToSiteSecure;
     private long remoteRefreshTime;
     private HttpProxy proxy;
+    private InetAddress localAddress;
 
     private final Map<String, String> inputPortMap = new HashMap<>(); // map input port name to identifier
     private final Map<String, String> outputPortMap = new HashMap<>(); // map output port name to identifier
@@ -63,8 +65,6 @@ public class SiteInfoProvider {
         final ControllerDTO controller;
         final URI connectedClusterUrl;
         try (final SiteToSiteRestApiClient apiClient = createSiteToSiteRestApiClient(sslContext, proxy)) {
-            apiClient.setConnectTimeoutMillis(connectTimeoutMillis);
-            apiClient.setReadTimeoutMillis(readTimeoutMillis);
             controller = apiClient.getController(clusterUrls);
             try {
                 connectedClusterUrl = new URI(apiClient.getBaseUrl());
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ public class SiteInfoProvider {
     }
 
     protected SiteToSiteRestApiClient createSiteToSiteRestApiClient(final SSLContext sslContext, final HttpProxy proxy) {
-        return new SiteToSiteRestApiClient(sslContext, proxy, EventReporter.NO_OP);
+        final SiteToSiteRestApiClient apiClient = new SiteToSiteRestApiClient(sslContext, proxy, EventReporter.NO_OP);
+        apiClient.setConnectTimeoutMillis(connectTimeoutMillis);
+        apiClient.setReadTimeoutMillis(readTimeoutMillis);
+        apiClient.setLocalAddress(localAddress);
+        return apiClient;
     }
 
     public boolean isWebInterfaceSecure() {
@@ -271,4 +275,8 @@ public class SiteInfoProvider {
     public void setProxy(HttpProxy proxy) {
         this.proxy = proxy;
     }
+
+    public void setLocalAddress(InetAddress localAddress) {
+        this.localAddress = localAddress;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/http/HttpClient.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/http/HttpClient.java
index c933db789e..f0bdcf143e 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/client/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class HttpClient extends AbstractSiteToSiteClient implements PeerStatusPr
             final int timeoutMillis = (int) config.getTimeout(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             apiClient.setConnectTimeoutMillis(timeoutMillis);
             apiClient.setReadTimeoutMillis(timeoutMillis);
+            apiClient.setLocalAddress(config.getLocalAddress());
 
             final Collection<PeerDTO> peers = apiClient.getPeers();
             if(peers == null || peers.size() == 0){
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ public class HttpClient extends AbstractSiteToSiteClient implements PeerStatusPr
             apiClient.setBaseUrl(peer.getUrl());
             apiClient.setConnectTimeoutMillis(timeoutMillis);
             apiClient.setReadTimeoutMillis(timeoutMillis);
+            apiClient.setLocalAddress(config.getLocalAddress());
 
             apiClient.setCompress(config.isUseCompression());
             apiClient.setRequestExpirationMillis(config.getIdleConnectionExpiration(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/util/SiteToSiteRestApiClient.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/util/SiteToSiteRestApiClient.java
index 5655d36205..ad7814352d 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/util/SiteToSiteRestApiClient.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-site-to-site-client/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/util/SiteToSiteRestApiClient.java
@@ -1206,12 +1206,10 @@ public class SiteToSiteRestApiClient implements Closeable {
 
     public void setConnectTimeoutMillis(final int connectTimeoutMillis) {
         this.connectTimeoutMillis = connectTimeoutMillis;
-        setupRequestConfig();
     }
 
     public void setReadTimeoutMillis(final int readTimeoutMillis) {
         this.readTimeoutMillis = readTimeoutMillis;
-        setupRequestConfig();
     }
 
     public static String getFirstUrl(final String clusterUrlStr) {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/StandardRemoteProcessGroup.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/StandardRemoteProcessGroup.java
index 286b2dcef1..7aee480da7 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/StandardRemoteProcessGroup.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/remote/StandardRemoteProcessGroup.java
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ public class StandardRemoteProcessGroup implements RemoteProcessGroup {
         try {
             this.networkInterfaceName = interfaceName;
             if (interfaceName == null) {
+                this.localAddress = null;
                 this.nicValidationResult = null;
             } else {
                 try {
@@ -930,11 +931,7 @@ public class StandardRemoteProcessGroup implements RemoteProcessGroup {
         SiteToSiteRestApiClient apiClient = new SiteToSiteRestApiClient(sslContext, new HttpProxy(proxyHost, proxyPort, proxyUser, proxyPassword), getEventReporter());
         apiClient.setConnectTimeoutMillis(getCommunicationsTimeout(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
         apiClient.setReadTimeoutMillis(getCommunicationsTimeout(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
-
-        final InetAddress localAddress = getLocalAddress();
-        if (localAddress != null) {
-            apiClient.setLocalAddress(localAddress);
-        }
+        apiClient.setLocalAddress(getLocalAddress());
 
         return apiClient;
     }