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 1a787b7ad..86bdc04f3 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
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import io.netty.handler.ssl.IdentityCipherSuiteFilter;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.JdkSslContext;
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.WriteTimeoutHandler;
-import reactor.core.Exceptions;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
-import reactor.core.publisher.FluxProcessor;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Sinks;
 import reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient;
@@ -107,6 +105,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHits;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggest;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
+
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientLogger;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchHost;
@@ -467,9 +468,7 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 		}
 
 		Sinks.Many<ActionRequest> requests = Sinks.many().unicast().onBackpressureBuffer();
-
-		FluxProcessor<SearchResponse, SearchResponse> inbound = FluxProcessor
-				.fromSink(Sinks.many().unicast().onBackpressureBuffer());
+		Sinks.Many<SearchResponse> inbound = Sinks.many().unicast().onBackpressureBuffer();
 
 		Flux<SearchResponse> exchange = requests.asFlux().flatMap(it -> {
 
@@ -490,12 +489,12 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 
 				scrollState -> {
 
-					Flux<SearchHit> searchHits = inbound.<SearchResponse> handle((searchResponse, sink) -> {
+					Flux<SearchHit> searchHits = inbound.asFlux().<SearchResponse> handle((searchResponse, sink) -> {
 
 						scrollState.updateScrollId(searchResponse.getScrollId());
 						if (isEmpty(searchResponse.getHits())) {
 
-							inbound.onComplete();
+							inbound.tryEmitComplete();
 							requests.tryEmitComplete();
 
 						} else {
@@ -504,15 +503,15 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 
 							SearchScrollRequest searchScrollRequest = new SearchScrollRequest(scrollState.getScrollId())
 									.scroll(scrollTimeout);
-							tryEmitNext(requests, searchScrollRequest);
+							requests.emitNext(searchScrollRequest, Sinks.EmitFailureHandler.FAIL_FAST);
 						}
 
 					}).map(SearchResponse::getHits) //
 							.flatMap(Flux::fromIterable);
 
 					return searchHits.doOnSubscribe(ignore -> {
-						exchange.subscribe(inbound);
-						tryEmitNext(requests, searchRequest);
+						exchange.subscribe(new SinkSubscriber(inbound));
+						requests.emitNext(searchRequest, Sinks.EmitFailureHandler.FAIL_FAST);
 					});
 
 				}, state -> cleanupScroll(headers, state), //
@@ -520,14 +519,6 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 				state -> cleanupScroll(headers, state)); //
 	}
 
-	private void tryEmitNext(Sinks.Many<ActionRequest> sink, ActionRequest request) {
-
-		Sinks.Emission emission = sink.tryEmitNext(request);
-
-		if (emission == Sinks.Emission.FAIL_OVERFLOW) {
-			sink.tryEmitError(Exceptions.failWithOverflow("Backpressure overflow during Sinks.Many#emitNext"));
-		}
-	}
 
 	private static boolean isEmpty(@Nullable SearchHits hits) {
 		return hits != null && hits.getHits() != null && hits.getHits().length == 0;
@@ -964,5 +955,34 @@ public class DefaultReactiveElasticsearchClient implements ReactiveElasticsearch
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static class SinkSubscriber implements Subscriber<SearchResponse> {
+
+		private final Sinks.Many<SearchResponse> inbound;
+
+		public SinkSubscriber(Sinks.Many<SearchResponse> inbound) {
+			this.inbound = inbound;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void onSubscribe(Subscription s) {
+			s.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void onNext(SearchResponse searchResponse) {
+			inbound.emitNext(searchResponse, Sinks.EmitFailureHandler.FAIL_FAST);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void onError(Throwable t) {
+			inbound.emitError(t, Sinks.EmitFailureHandler.FAIL_FAST);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void onComplete() {
+			inbound.emitComplete(Sinks.EmitFailureHandler.FAIL_FAST);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// endregion
 }