diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
index 3fa5366e248..b47c9694d0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.DocumentRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.TransportCreateIndexAction;
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
-import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.GroupShardsIterator;
@@ -49,10 +47,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AtomicArray;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexAlreadyExistsException;
-import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexClosedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
@@ -100,15 +96,26 @@ public class TransportBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest, Bul
         if (autoCreateIndex.needToCheck()) {
             final Set<String> indices = Sets.newHashSet();
             for (ActionRequest request : bulkRequest.requests) {
-                if (request instanceof DocumentRequest) {
-                    DocumentRequest req = (DocumentRequest) request;
-                    if (!indices.contains(req.index())) {
-                        indices.add(req.index());
+                if (request instanceof IndexRequest) {
+                    IndexRequest indexRequest = (IndexRequest) request;
+                    if (!indices.contains(indexRequest.index())) {
+                        indices.add(indexRequest.index());
+                    }
+                } else if (request instanceof DeleteRequest) {
+                    DeleteRequest deleteRequest = (DeleteRequest) request;
+                    if (!indices.contains(deleteRequest.index())) {
+                        indices.add(deleteRequest.index());
+                    }
+                } else if (request instanceof UpdateRequest) {
+                    UpdateRequest updateRequest = (UpdateRequest) request;
+                    if (!indices.contains(updateRequest.index())) {
+                        indices.add(updateRequest.index());
                     }
                 } else {
                     throw new ElasticsearchException("Parsed unknown request in bulk actions: " + request.getClass().getSimpleName());
                 }
             }
+
             final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(indices.size());
             ClusterState state = clusterService.state();
             for (final String index : indices) {
@@ -197,33 +204,30 @@ public class TransportBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest, Bul
         MetaData metaData = clusterState.metaData();
         for (int i = 0; i < bulkRequest.requests.size(); i++) {
             ActionRequest request = bulkRequest.requests.get(i);
-            if (request instanceof DocumentRequest) {
-                DocumentRequest req = (DocumentRequest) request;
-
-                if (addFailureIfIndexIsClosed(req, bulkRequest, responses, i, concreteIndices, metaData)) {
-                    continue;
+            if (request instanceof IndexRequest) {
+                IndexRequest indexRequest = (IndexRequest) request;
+                String concreteIndex = concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(indexRequest.index(), indexRequest.indicesOptions());
+                MappingMetaData mappingMd = null;
+                if (metaData.hasIndex(concreteIndex)) {
+                    mappingMd = metaData.index(concreteIndex).mappingOrDefault(indexRequest.type());
                 }
-
-                String concreteIndex = concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(req.index(), req.indicesOptions());
-                if (request instanceof IndexRequest) {
-                    IndexRequest indexRequest = (IndexRequest) request;
-                    MappingMetaData mappingMd = null;
-                    if (metaData.hasIndex(concreteIndex)) {
-                        mappingMd = metaData.index(concreteIndex).mappingOrDefault(indexRequest.type());
-                    }
-                    try {
-                        indexRequest.process(metaData, mappingMd, allowIdGeneration, concreteIndex);
-                    } catch (ElasticsearchParseException e) {
-                        BulkItemResponse.Failure failure = new BulkItemResponse.Failure(concreteIndex, indexRequest.type(), indexRequest.id(), e);
-                        BulkItemResponse bulkItemResponse = new BulkItemResponse(i, "index", failure);
-                        responses.set(i, bulkItemResponse);
-                        // make sure the request gets never processed again
-                        bulkRequest.requests.set(i, null);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(req.index(), req.indicesOptions());
-                    req.routing(clusterState.metaData().resolveIndexRouting(req.routing(), req.index()));
+                try {
+                    indexRequest.process(metaData, mappingMd, allowIdGeneration, concreteIndex);
+                } catch (ElasticsearchParseException e) {
+                    BulkItemResponse.Failure failure = new BulkItemResponse.Failure(concreteIndex, indexRequest.type(), indexRequest.id(), e);
+                    BulkItemResponse bulkItemResponse = new BulkItemResponse(i, "index", failure);
+                    responses.set(i, bulkItemResponse);
+                    // make sure the request gets never processed again
+                    bulkRequest.requests.set(i, null);
                 }
+            } else if (request instanceof DeleteRequest) {
+                DeleteRequest deleteRequest = (DeleteRequest) request;
+                concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(deleteRequest.index(), deleteRequest.indicesOptions());
+                deleteRequest.routing(clusterState.metaData().resolveIndexRouting(deleteRequest.routing(), deleteRequest.index()));
+            } else if (request instanceof UpdateRequest) {
+                UpdateRequest updateRequest = (UpdateRequest) request;
+                concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(updateRequest.index(), updateRequest.indicesOptions());
+                updateRequest.routing(clusterState.metaData().resolveIndexRouting(updateRequest.routing(), updateRequest.index()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -339,35 +343,8 @@ public class TransportBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest, Bul
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean addFailureIfIndexIsClosed(DocumentRequest request, BulkRequest bulkRequest, AtomicArray<BulkItemResponse> responses, int idx,
-                                              final ConcreteIndices concreteIndices,
-                                              final MetaData metaData) {
-        String concreteIndex = concreteIndices.getConcreteIndex(request.index());
-        boolean isClosed = false;
-        if (concreteIndex == null) {
-            try {
-                concreteIndex = concreteIndices.resolveIfAbsent(request.index(), request.indicesOptions());
-            } catch (IndexClosedException ice) {
-                isClosed = true;
-            }
-        }
-        if (!isClosed) {
-            IndexMetaData indexMetaData = metaData.index(concreteIndex);
-            isClosed = indexMetaData.getState() == IndexMetaData.State.CLOSE;
-        }
-        if (isClosed) {
-            BulkItemResponse.Failure failure = new BulkItemResponse.Failure(request.index(), request.type(), request.id(),
-                    new IndexClosedException(new Index(metaData.index(request.index()).getIndex())));
-            BulkItemResponse bulkItemResponse = new BulkItemResponse(idx, "index", failure);
-            responses.set(idx, bulkItemResponse);
-            // make sure the request gets never processed again
-            bulkRequest.requests.set(idx, null);
-        }
-        return isClosed;
-    }
-
-
     private static class ConcreteIndices  {
+
         private final Map<String, String> indices = new HashMap<>();
         private final MetaData metaData;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteRequest.java
index cd33659f745..a0fb3e79181 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/delete/DeleteRequest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.delete;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.DocumentRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ShardReplicationOperationRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
  * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Client#delete(DeleteRequest)
  * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#deleteRequest(String)
  */
-public class DeleteRequest extends ShardReplicationOperationRequest<DeleteRequest> implements DocumentRequest<DeleteRequest> {
+public class DeleteRequest extends ShardReplicationOperationRequest<DeleteRequest> {
 
     private String type;
     private String id;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequest.java
index 27d44b8b58a..09ae0cd6238 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/IndexRequest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.RoutingMissingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.TimestampParsingException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.DocumentRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ShardReplicationOperationRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Requests;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
  * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#indexRequest(String)
  * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Client#index(IndexRequest)
  */
-public class IndexRequest extends ShardReplicationOperationRequest<IndexRequest> implements DocumentRequest<IndexRequest> {
+public class IndexRequest extends ShardReplicationOperationRequest<IndexRequest> {
 
     /**
      * Operation type controls if the type of the index operation.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
index 46abe672608..670cfc2ee91 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/UpdateRequest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.update;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.DocumentRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.WriteConsistencyLevel;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ReplicationType;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
 /**
  */
-public class UpdateRequest extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<UpdateRequest> implements DocumentRequest<UpdateRequest> {
+public class UpdateRequest extends InstanceShardOperationRequest<UpdateRequest> {
 
     private String type;
     private String id;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/BulkTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/BulkTests.java
index 0fd27701fa5..2ae723f78bf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/BulkTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/document/BulkTests.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.document;
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.alias.Alias;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkItemResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.count.CountResponse;
@@ -652,31 +651,8 @@ public class BulkTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         assertThat(bulkItemResponse.getItems()[5].getOpType(), is("delete"));
     }
 
-
     private static String indexOrAlias() {
         return randomBoolean() ? "test" : "alias";
     }
-
-    @Test // issue 6410
-    public void testThatMissingIndexDoesNotAbortFullBulkRequest() throws Exception{
-        createIndex("bulkindex1", "bulkindex2");
-        BulkRequest bulkRequest = new BulkRequest();
-        bulkRequest.add(new IndexRequest("bulkindex1", "index1_type", "1").source("text", "hallo1"))
-                   .add(new IndexRequest("bulkindex2", "index2_type", "1").source("text", "hallo2"))
-                   .add(new IndexRequest("bulkindex2", "index2_type").source("text", "hallo2"))
-                   .add(new UpdateRequest("bulkindex2", "index2_type", "2").doc("foo", "bar"))
-                   .add(new DeleteRequest("bulkindex2", "index2_type", "3"))
-                   .refresh(true);
-
-        client().bulk(bulkRequest).get();
-        SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch("bulkindex*").get();
-        assertHitCount(searchResponse, 3);
-
-        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareClose("bulkindex2"));
-
-        BulkResponse bulkResponse = client().bulk(bulkRequest).get();
-        assertThat(bulkResponse.hasFailures(), is(true));
-        assertThat(bulkResponse.getItems().length, is(5));
-    }
 }