diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
index 38417058e6a..8660c4eac26 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
@@ -233,14 +233,22 @@ public class TransportShardBulkAction extends TransportWriteAction<BulkShardRequ
                 WriteResult<IndexResponse> writeResult = TransportIndexAction.executeIndexRequestOnPrimary(indexRequest, indexShard, mappingUpdatedAction);
                 BytesReference indexSourceAsBytes = indexRequest.source();
                 IndexResponse indexResponse = writeResult.getResponse();
-                UpdateResponse writeUpdateResponse = new UpdateResponse(indexResponse.getShardInfo(), indexResponse.getShardId(), indexResponse.getType(), indexResponse.getId(), indexResponse.getVersion(), indexResponse.getResult());
-                if (updateRequest.fields() != null && updateRequest.fields().length > 0) {
-                    Tuple<XContentType, Map<String, Object>> sourceAndContent = XContentHelper.convertToMap(indexSourceAsBytes, true);
-                    writeUpdateResponse.setGetResult(updateHelper.extractGetResult(updateRequest, request.index(), indexResponse.getVersion(), sourceAndContent.v2(), sourceAndContent.v1(), indexSourceAsBytes));
+                UpdateResponse update = new UpdateResponse(indexResponse.getShardInfo(), indexResponse.getShardId(), indexResponse.getType(), indexResponse.getId(), indexResponse.getVersion(), indexResponse.getResult());
+                if (translate.getResponseResult() == DocWriteResponse.Result.CREATED) {
+                    if ((updateRequest.fetchSource() != null && updateRequest.fetchSource().fetchSource()) ||
+                            (updateRequest.fields() != null && updateRequest.fields().length > 0)) {
+                        Tuple<XContentType, Map<String, Object>> sourceAndContent = XContentHelper.convertToMap(indexSourceAsBytes, true);
+                        update.setGetResult(updateHelper.extractGetResult(updateRequest, updateRequest.concreteIndex(), indexResponse.getVersion(), sourceAndContent.v2(), sourceAndContent.v1(), indexSourceAsBytes));
+                    } else {
+                        update.setGetResult(null);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    assert translate.getResponseResult() == DocWriteResponse.Result.UPDATED;
+                    update.setGetResult(updateHelper.extractGetResult(updateRequest, updateRequest.concreteIndex(), indexResponse.getVersion(), translate.updatedSourceAsMap(), translate.updateSourceContentType(), indexSourceAsBytes));
                 }
                 // Replace the update request to the translated index request to execute on the replica.
                 request.items()[requestIndex] = new BulkItemRequest(request.items()[requestIndex].id(), indexRequest);
-                return new WriteResult<>(writeUpdateResponse, writeResult.getLocation());
+                return new WriteResult<>(update, writeResult.getLocation());
             case DELETED:
                 DeleteRequest deleteRequest = translate.action();
                 WriteResult<DeleteResponse> deleteResult = TransportDeleteAction.executeDeleteRequestOnPrimary(deleteRequest, indexShard);