diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
index 7ef0c0351ec..51429bd5871 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackPlugin.java
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public class XPackPlugin extends XPackClientPlugin implements ExtensiblePlugin,
 
         if (transportClientMode) {
             modules.add(b -> b.bind(XPackLicenseState.class).toProvider(Providers.of(null)));
+        } else {
             modules.add(b -> bindFeatureSet(b, FrozenIndicesFeatureSet.class));
         }
         return modules;