diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/AppendProcessor.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/AppendProcessor.java
index 85cb8acbc06..7bc6a17152a 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/AppendProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/AppendProcessor.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public final class AppendProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
             Object value = ConfigurationUtils.readObject(TYPE, processorTag, config, "value");
             TemplateService.Template compiledTemplate = ConfigurationUtils.compileTemplate(TYPE, processorTag,
                 "field", field, templateService);
-            return new AppendProcessor(processorTag, templateService.compile(field), ValueSource.wrap(value, templateService));
+            return new AppendProcessor(processorTag, compiledTemplate, ValueSource.wrap(value, templateService));
         }
     }
 }