diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
index c5388b16557..d911005eb89 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ public class HasChildQueryParser implements QueryParser {
             String joinField = ParentFieldMapper.joinField(parentType);
             IndexReader indexReader = searchContext.searcher().getIndexReader();
             IndexSearcher indexSearcher = new IndexSearcher(indexReader);
+            indexSearcher.setQueryCache(null);
             IndexParentChildFieldData indexParentChildFieldData = parentChildIndexFieldData.loadGlobal(indexReader);
             MultiDocValues.OrdinalMap ordinalMap = ParentChildIndexFieldData.getOrdinalMap(indexParentChildFieldData, parentType);
             return JoinUtil.createJoinQuery(joinField, innerQuery, toQuery, indexSearcher, scoreMode, ordinalMap, minChildren, maxChildren);