diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
index e08d2cb4f0c..02c59758c12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ public interface Engine extends IndexShardComponent, CloseableComponent {
         }
 
         public UidField uidField() {
-            return (UidField) doc.rootDoc().getFieldable(UidFieldMapper.NAME);
+            return (UidField) doc.rootDoc().getField(UidFieldMapper.NAME);
         }
 
 
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ public interface Engine extends IndexShardComponent, CloseableComponent {
         }
 
         public UidField uidField() {
-            return (UidField) doc.rootDoc().getFieldable(UidFieldMapper.NAME);
+            return (UidField) doc.rootDoc().getField(UidFieldMapper.NAME);
         }
 
         public Index startTime(long startTime) {