diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapperParser.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapperParser.java
index 9eea74057d4..6404dacc5e9 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapperParser.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapperParser.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class DocumentMapperParser extends AbstractIndexComponent {
         XContentParser xContentParser = null;
         try {
             xContentParser = XContentFactory.xContent(source).createParser(source);
-            root = xContentParser.map();
+            root = xContentParser.mapOrdered();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new MapperParsingException("Failed to parse mapping definition", e);
         } finally {