diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
index 65efdb40a5c..be5d7e47f1c 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ enum DateFormat {
 
             boolean isUtc = ZoneOffset.UTC.equals(zoneId);
 
-            int year = LocalDate.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).getYear();
             DateFormatter dateFormatter = DateFormatter.forPattern(format)
                 .withLocale(locale);
             // if UTC zone is set here, the time zone specified in the format will be ignored, leading to wrong dates
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ enum DateFormat {
                 // if there is no year, we fall back to the current one and
                 // fill the rest of the date up with the parsed date
                 if (accessor.isSupported(ChronoField.YEAR) == false) {
+                    int year = LocalDate.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).getYear();
                     ZonedDateTime newTime = Instant.EPOCH.atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC).withYear(year);
                     for (ChronoField field : FIELDS) {
                         if (accessor.isSupported(field)) {