diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TransportSingleShardTermVectorAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TransportSingleShardTermVectorAction.java
index 55222c21110..90ad6f106c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TransportSingleShardTermVectorAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvector/TransportSingleShardTermVectorAction.java
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ public class TransportSingleShardTermVectorAction extends TransportShardSingleOp
         try {
             Fields topLevelFields = MultiFields.getFields(topLevelReader);
             Versions.DocIdAndVersion docIdAndVersion = Versions.loadDocIdAndVersion(topLevelReader, uidTerm);
-            if(docIdAndVersion!=null) {
-                termVectorResponse.setFields(topLevelReader.getTermVectors(docIdAndVersion.docId), request.selectedFields(),
+
+            if (docIdAndVersion != null) {
+                termVectorResponse.setFields(docIdAndVersion.context.reader().getTermVectors(docIdAndVersion.docId), request.selectedFields(),
                         request.getFlags(), topLevelFields);
                 termVectorResponse.setDocVersion(docIdAndVersion.version);
             } else {