diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
index 8818a68889e..5947f3ffd5d 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/all/AllEntries.java
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ public class AllEntries extends Reader {
                         current = it.next();
                     } else {
                         current = null;
+                        if (read == 0) {
+                            return -1;
+                        }
                         return read;
                     }
                     cbuf[off++] = ' ';