diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ChildrenQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ChildrenQuery.java
index 616563db3a1..914898d7ca1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ChildrenQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ChildrenQuery.java
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ public class ChildrenQuery extends Query {
             @Override
             public int nextDoc() throws IOException {
                 if (remaining == 0) {
+                    currentDocId = NO_MORE_DOCS;
                     return NO_MORE_DOCS;
                 }
 
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ public class ChildrenQuery extends Query {
             @Override
             public int advance(int target) throws IOException {
                 if (remaining == 0) {
+                    currentDocId = NO_MORE_DOCS;
                     return NO_MORE_DOCS;
                 }