diff --git a/plugins/ingest/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/IngestPlugin.java b/plugins/ingest/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/IngestPlugin.java
index 9dfbf314499..11365167732 100644
--- a/plugins/ingest/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/IngestPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/ingest/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/IngestPlugin.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.plugin.ingest;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.LifecycleComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class IngestPlugin extends Plugin {
 
     public IngestPlugin(Settings nodeSettings) {
         this.nodeSettings = nodeSettings;
-        transportClient = "transport".equals(nodeSettings.get(Client.CLIENT_TYPE_SETTING));
+        transportClient = TransportClient.CLIENT_TYPE.equals(nodeSettings.get(Client.CLIENT_TYPE_SETTING));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public class IngestPlugin extends Plugin {
     }
 
     public void onModule(ActionModule module) {
-        if (!transportClient) {
+        if (transportClient == false) {
             module.registerFilter(IngestActionFilter.class);
         }
         module.registerAction(PutPipelineAction.INSTANCE, PutPipelineTransportAction.class);
@@ -108,5 +109,4 @@ public class IngestPlugin extends Plugin {
         restModule.addRestAction(RestGetPipelineAction.class);
         restModule.addRestAction(RestDeletePipelineAction.class);
     }
-
 }