diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SourceFieldMatchQuery.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SourceFieldMatchQuery.java
index b0be20e417efe..e9abcb698f68f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SourceFieldMatchQuery.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/SourceFieldMatchQuery.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public void visit(QueryVisitor visitor) {
 
     @Override
     public Query rewrite(IndexSearcher indexSearcher) throws IOException {
-        Query rewritten = indexSearcher.rewrite(delegateQuery);
+        Query rewritten = delegateQuery.rewrite(indexSearcher);
         if (rewritten == delegateQuery) {
             return this;
         }