diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
index 257792b8b09..38c799ee3f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/RangeFieldMapper.java
@@ -282,12 +282,6 @@ public class RangeFieldMapper extends FieldMapper {
             return query;
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public Query rangeQuery(Object lowerTerm, Object upperTerm, boolean includeLower, boolean includeUpper,
-                                QueryShardContext context) {
-            return rangeQuery(lowerTerm, upperTerm, includeLower, includeUpper, ShapeRelation.INTERSECTS, context);
-        }
-
         public Query rangeQuery(Object lowerTerm, Object upperTerm, boolean includeLower, boolean includeUpper,
                                 ShapeRelation relation, QueryShardContext context) {
             failIfNotIndexed();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilder.java
index 22c17e4ddba..a8b2dcc4715 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilder.java
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ public class RangeQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<RangeQueryBuilder> i
 
                 query = ((DateFieldMapper.DateFieldType) mapper).rangeQuery(from, to, includeLower, includeUpper,
                         timeZone, getForceDateParser(), context);
-            } else if (mapper instanceof RangeFieldMapper.RangeFieldType && mapper.typeName() == RangeFieldMapper.RangeType.DATE.name) {
+            } else if (mapper instanceof RangeFieldMapper.RangeFieldType) {
                 DateMathParser forcedDateParser = null;
-                if (this.format != null) {
+                if (mapper.typeName() == RangeFieldMapper.RangeType.DATE.name && this.format != null) {
                     forcedDateParser = new DateMathParser(this.format);
                 }
                 query = ((RangeFieldMapper.RangeFieldType) mapper).rangeQuery(from, to, includeLower, includeUpper,
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
index 1d3180ce497..4902aa8fa61 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/RangeQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ public class RangeQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<RangeQueryBuil
                         query.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ");
                     }
                 }
-                if (query.fieldName().equals(DATE_RANGE_FIELD_NAME)) {
-                    query.relation(RandomPicks.randomFrom(random(), ShapeRelation.values()).getRelationName());
-                }
                 break;
             case 2:
             default:
@@ -97,6 +94,9 @@ public class RangeQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<RangeQueryBuil
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             query.to(null);
         }
+        if (query.fieldName().equals(INT_RANGE_FIELD_NAME) || query.fieldName().equals(DATE_RANGE_FIELD_NAME)) {
+            query.relation(RandomPicks.randomFrom(random(), ShapeRelation.values()).getRelationName());
+        }
         return query;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
index 316277973ff..51f61a7a9c3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MultiMatchQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.Operator;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.RangeQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.TermQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.WrapperQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.functionscore.ScoreFunctionBuilders;
@@ -1843,4 +1844,20 @@ public class SearchQueryIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
             assertThat(i + " expected: " + first + " actual: " + actual, Float.compare(first, actual), equalTo(0));
         }
     }
+
+    public void testRangeQueryRangeFields_24744() throws Exception {
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test")
+            .addMapping("type1", "int_range", "type=integer_range"));
+
+        client().prepareIndex("test", "type1", "1")
+            .setSource(jsonBuilder()
+                .startObject()
+                .startObject("int_range").field("gte", 10).field("lte", 20).endObject()
+                .endObject()).get();
+        refresh();
+
+        RangeQueryBuilder range = new RangeQueryBuilder("int_range").relation("intersects").from(Integer.MIN_VALUE).to(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch("test").setQuery(range).get();
+        assertHitCount(searchResponse, 1);
+    }
 }