diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
index b90babef876..5c7bb8e2b80 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ public class IndexNameExpressionResolver extends AbstractComponent {
                 if (Regex.isMatchAllPattern(expression)) {
                     // Can only happen if the expressions was initially: '-*'
                     matches = metaData.getAliasAndIndexLookup();
-                } else if (expression.endsWith("*")) {
+                } else if (expression.indexOf("*") == expression.length() - 1) {
                     // Suffix wildcard:
                     assert expression.length() >= 2 : "expression [" + expression + "] should have at least a length of 2";
                     String fromPrefix = expression.substring(0, expression.length() - 1);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
index 4c364151abb..fa6217e3d1f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
@@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ public class WildcardExpressionResolverTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("testX*"))), equalTo(newHashSet("testXXX", "testXXY")));
     }
 
+    // issue #13334
+    public void testMultipleWildcards() {
+        MetaData.Builder mdBuilder = MetaData.builder()
+                .put(indexBuilder("testXXX"))
+                .put(indexBuilder("testXXY"))
+                .put(indexBuilder("testXYY"))
+                .put(indexBuilder("testYYY"))
+                .put(indexBuilder("kuku"))
+                .put(indexBuilder("kukuYYY"));
+
+        ClusterState state = ClusterState.builder(new ClusterName("_name")).metaData(mdBuilder).build();
+        IndexNameExpressionResolver.WildcardExpressionResolver resolver = new IndexNameExpressionResolver.WildcardExpressionResolver();
+
+        IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context context = new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen());
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("test*X*"))), equalTo(newHashSet("testXXX", "testXXY", "testXYY")));
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("test*X*Y"))), equalTo(newHashSet("testXXY", "testXYY")));
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("kuku*Y*"))), equalTo(newHashSet("kukuYYY")));
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("*Y*"))), equalTo(newHashSet("testXXY", "testXYY", "testYYY", "kukuYYY")));
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("test*Y*X"))).size(), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat(newHashSet(resolver.resolve(context, Arrays.asList("*Y*X"))).size(), equalTo(0));
+    }
+
     private IndexMetaData.Builder indexBuilder(String index) {
         return IndexMetaData.builder(index).settings(settings(Version.CURRENT).put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1).put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0));
     }