diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/reactive/DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/reactive/DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient.java
index 336088f8b..f588ac5d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/reactive/DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/reactive/DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.rest.BytesRestResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.Scroll;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHits;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -339,41 +341,55 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 			}
 
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-					String.format("Cannot handle '%s'. Please make sure to use a 'SearchRequest' or 'SearchScrollRequest'."));
+					String.format("Cannot handle '%s'. Please make sure to use a 'SearchRequest' or 'SearchScrollRequest'.", it));
 		});
 
-		ScrollState state = new ScrollState();
+		return Flux.usingWhen(Mono.fromSupplier(ScrollState::new),
 
-		Flux<SearchHit> searchHits = inbound.doOnNext(searchResponse -> {
-			state.updateScrollId(searchResponse.getScrollId());
-		}).<SearchResponse> handle((searchResponse, sink) -> {
+				scrollState -> {
 
-			if (searchResponse.getHits() != null && searchResponse.getHits().getHits() != null
-					&& searchResponse.getHits().getHits().length == 0) {
+					Flux<SearchHit> searchHits = inbound.<SearchResponse> handle((searchResponse, sink) -> {
 
-				inbound.onComplete();
-				outbound.onComplete();
+						scrollState.updateScrollId(searchResponse.getScrollId());
+						if (isEmpty(searchResponse.getHits())) {
 
-			} else {
+							inbound.onComplete();
+							outbound.onComplete();
 
-				sink.next(searchResponse);
+						} else {
 
-				SearchScrollRequest searchScrollRequest = new SearchScrollRequest(state.getScrollId()).scroll(scrollTimeout);
-				request.next(searchScrollRequest);
-			}
+							sink.next(searchResponse);
 
-		}).map(SearchResponse::getHits) //
-				.flatMap(Flux::fromIterable) //
-				.doOnComplete(() -> {
+							SearchScrollRequest searchScrollRequest = new SearchScrollRequest(scrollState.getScrollId())
+									.scroll(scrollTimeout);
+							request.next(searchScrollRequest);
+						}
 
-					ClearScrollRequest clearScrollRequest = new ClearScrollRequest();
-					clearScrollRequest.scrollIds(state.getScrollIds());
+					}).map(SearchResponse::getHits) //
+							.flatMap(Flux::fromIterable);
 
-					// just send the request, resources get cleaned up anyways after scrollTimeout has been reached.
-					sendRequest(clearScrollRequest, RequestCreator.clearScroll(), ClearScrollResponse.class, headers).subscribe();
-				});
+					return searchHits.doOnSubscribe(ignore -> exchange.subscribe(inbound));
 
-		return searchHits.doOnSubscribe(ignore -> exchange.subscribe(inbound));
+				}, state -> cleanupScroll(headers, state), //
+				state -> cleanupScroll(headers, state), //
+				state -> cleanupScroll(headers, state)); //
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isEmpty(@Nullable SearchHits hits) {
+		return hits != null && hits.getHits() != null && hits.getHits().length == 0;
+	}
+
+	private Publisher<?> cleanupScroll(HttpHeaders headers, ScrollState state) {
+
+		if (state.getScrollIds().isEmpty()) {
+			return Mono.empty();
+		}
+
+		ClearScrollRequest clearScrollRequest = new ClearScrollRequest();
+		clearScrollRequest.scrollIds(state.getScrollIds());
+
+		// just send the request, resources get cleaned up anyways after scrollTimeout has been reached.
+		return sendRequest(clearScrollRequest, RequestCreator.clearScroll(), ClearScrollResponse.class, headers);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -645,17 +661,20 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 	 */
 	private static class ScrollState {
 
-		private Object lock = new Object();
+		private final Object lock = new Object();
 
+		private final List<String> pastIds = new ArrayList<>(1);
 		private String scrollId;
-		private List<String> pastIds = new ArrayList<>(1);
 
 		String getScrollId() {
 			return scrollId;
 		}
 
 		List<String> getScrollIds() {
-			return Collections.unmodifiableList(pastIds);
+
+			synchronized (lock) {
+				return Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(pastIds));
+			}
 		}
 
 		void updateScrollId(String scrollId) {
@@ -669,6 +688,5 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 }