diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingService.java
index 9f613f85a5f..7fbf2142d1a 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingService.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class RoutingService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<RoutingService> i
     @Override protected void doStop() throws ElasticSearchException {
         if (scheduledRoutingTableFuture != null) {
             scheduledRoutingTableFuture.cancel(true);
+            scheduledRoutingTableFuture = null;
         }
         clusterService.remove(this);
     }