diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FilteredQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FilteredQueryParser.java
index 136fac82099..9404459bfad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FilteredQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FilteredQueryParser.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class FilteredQueryParser implements QueryParser {
             } else if (token.isValue()) {
                 if ("strategy".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     String value = parser.text();
-                    if ("query_filter".equals(value) || "queryFirst".equals(value)) {
+                    if ("query_first".equals(value) || "queryFirst".equals(value)) {
                         filterStrategy = XFilteredQuery.QUERY_FIRST_FILTER_STRATEGY;
                     } else if ("random_access_random".equals(value) || "randomAccessAlways".equals(value)) {
                         filterStrategy = XFilteredQuery.ALWAYS_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILTER_STRATEGY;
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ public class FilteredQueryParser implements QueryParser {
         filteredQuery.setBoost(boost);
         return filteredQuery;
     }
-}
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+}