diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BaseRestHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BaseRestHandler.java
index ac2f82136c7..81620ec8a7c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BaseRestHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BaseRestHandler.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.rest;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.spell.LevensteinDistance;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.CollectionUtil;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.CheckedConsumer;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
@@ -125,14 +126,7 @@ public abstract class BaseRestHandler extends AbstractComponent implements RestH
      * the request against a channel.
      */
     @FunctionalInterface
-    protected interface RestChannelConsumer {
-        /**
-         * Executes a request against the given channel.
-         *
-         * @param channel the channel for sending the response
-         * @throws Exception if an exception occurred executing the request
-         */
-        void accept(RestChannel channel) throws Exception;
+    protected interface RestChannelConsumer extends CheckedConsumer<RestChannel, Exception> {
     }
 
     /**