diff --git a/docs/changelog/94708.yaml b/docs/changelog/94708.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..81de300b4744e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/94708.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 94708
+summary: Return 200 when closing empty PIT or scroll
+area: Search
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/PointInTimeIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/PointInTimeIT.java
index 7f6cd21282ad6..931757fd6f547 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/PointInTimeIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/PointInTimeIT.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.CommonStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.RangeQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndicesService;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchContextMissingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService;
@@ -277,6 +279,15 @@ public void testIndexNotFound() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testAllowNoIndex() {
+        OpenPointInTimeRequest request = new OpenPointInTimeRequest("my_index").indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.LENIENT_EXPAND_OPEN)
+            .keepAlive(TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(between(1, 10)));
+        String pit = client().execute(OpenPointInTimeAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet().getPointInTimeId();
+        ClosePointInTimeResponse closeResp = client().execute(ClosePointInTimeAction.INSTANCE, new ClosePointInTimeRequest(pit))
+            .actionGet();
+        assertThat(closeResp.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.OK));
+    }
+
     public void testCanMatch() throws Exception {
         final Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder()
             .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, randomIntBetween(5, 10))
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClosePointInTimeResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClosePointInTimeResponse.java
index 3391eb0f49864..d8cbfa53ee8ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClosePointInTimeResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClosePointInTimeResponse.java
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.NOT_FOUND;
+import static org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus.OK;
+
 public class ClosePointInTimeResponse extends ClearScrollResponse {
     public ClosePointInTimeResponse(boolean succeeded, int numFreed) {
         super(succeeded, numFreed);
@@ -20,4 +24,13 @@ public ClosePointInTimeResponse(boolean succeeded, int numFreed) {
     public ClosePointInTimeResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestStatus status() {
+        if (isSucceeded() || getNumFreed() > 0) {
+            return OK;
+        } else {
+            return NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+    }
 }