diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 97d1939c1b2..ff1922a231d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -947,9 +947,7 @@ public class IndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements IndicesCl
 
     public DocsStats docStats() {
         readAllowed();
-        DocsStats docsStats = getEngine().docStats();
-        markSearcherAccessed();
-        return docsStats;
+        return getEngine().docStats();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1028,11 +1026,7 @@ public class IndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements IndicesCl
     public CompletionStats completionStats(String... fields) {
         readAllowed();
         try {
-            CompletionStats stats = getEngine().completionStats(fields);
-            // we don't wait for a pending refreshes here since it's a stats call instead we mark it as accessed only which will cause
-            // the next scheduled refresh to go through and refresh the stats as well
-            markSearcherAccessed();
-            return stats;
+            return getEngine().completionStats(fields);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
index 67106b04f8d..da474e8d770 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ public class IndexShardTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
             });
             long prevAccessTime = shard.getLastSearcherAccess();
             indexShard.completionStats();
-            assertThat("searcher was not marked as accessed", shard.getLastSearcherAccess(), greaterThan(prevAccessTime));
+            assertThat("searcher was marked as accessed", shard.getLastSearcherAccess(), equalTo(prevAccessTime));
         } finally {
             closeShards(indexShard);
         }
@@ -2797,7 +2797,7 @@ public class IndexShardTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
                 });
                 long prevAccessTime = shard.getLastSearcherAccess();
                 final DocsStats docsStats = indexShard.docStats();
-                assertThat("searcher was not marked as accessed", shard.getLastSearcherAccess(), greaterThan(prevAccessTime));
+                assertThat("searcher was marked as accessed", shard.getLastSearcherAccess(), equalTo(prevAccessTime));
                 assertThat(docsStats.getCount(), equalTo(numDocs));
                 try (Engine.Searcher searcher = indexShard.acquireSearcher("test")) {
                     assertTrue(searcher.reader().numDocs() <= docsStats.getCount());