diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestUtils.java
index 64c102bb6c4..f3a034cda61 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestUtils.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public final class SuggestUtils {
                 numTokens++;
             }
             consumer.end();
+            success = true;
         } finally {
             if (success) {
                 stream.close();