diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchAction.java
index f65597a966b..720fb17ae94 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchAction.java
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ public class TransportSearchAction extends HandledTransportAction<SearchRequest,
                     aliasFilter, concreteIndexBoosts, searchPhaseController, executor, searchRequest, listener, shardIterators,
                     timeProvider, clusterStateVersion, task);
                 break;
+            case QUERY_AND_FETCH:
             case QUERY_THEN_FETCH:
                 searchAsyncAction = new SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncAction(logger, searchTransportService, connectionLookup,
                     aliasFilter, concreteIndexBoosts, searchPhaseController, executor, searchRequest, listener, shardIterators,
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchRequestTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchRequestTests.java
index 47fc61fb6a6..fb83bcfaa45 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchRequestTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchRequestTests.java
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ public class SearchRequestTests extends AbstractSearchTestCase {
         mutators.add(() -> mutation.requestCache((randomValueOtherThan(searchRequest.requestCache(), () -> randomBoolean()))));
         mutators.add(() -> mutation
                 .scroll(randomValueOtherThan(searchRequest.scroll(), () -> new Scroll(new TimeValue(randomNonNegativeLong() % 100000)))));
-        mutators.add(() -> mutation.searchType(randomValueOtherThan(searchRequest.searchType(), () -> randomFrom(SearchType.values()))));
+        mutators.add(() -> mutation.searchType(randomValueOtherThan(searchRequest.searchType(),
+            () -> randomFrom(SearchType.DFS_QUERY_THEN_FETCH, SearchType.QUERY_THEN_FETCH))));
         mutators.add(() -> mutation.source(randomValueOtherThan(searchRequest.source(), this::createSearchSourceBuilder)));
         randomFrom(mutators).run();
         return mutation;
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/RandomSearchRequestGenerator.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/RandomSearchRequestGenerator.java
index 18448b5829c..4cd46fe5076 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/RandomSearchRequestGenerator.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/RandomSearchRequestGenerator.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class RandomSearchRequestGenerator {
             searchRequest.scroll(randomPositiveTimeValue());
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
-            searchRequest.searchType(randomFrom(SearchType.values()));
+            searchRequest.searchType(randomFrom(SearchType.DFS_QUERY_THEN_FETCH, SearchType.QUERY_THEN_FETCH));
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             searchRequest.source(randomSearchSourceBuilder.get());