diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseTransactionProcessor.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseTransactionProcessor.java
index 3bcf236007b..fb66c22e0d5 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseTransactionProcessor.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/BaseTransactionProcessor.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTransactionProcessor {
 	private InMemoryResourceMatcher myInMemoryResourceMatcher;
 
 	private ThreadPoolTaskExecutor myExecutor ;
-	
+
 	@VisibleForTesting
 	public void setDaoConfig(DaoConfig theDaoConfig) {
 		myDaoConfig = theDaoConfig;
@@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ public abstract class BaseTransactionProcessor {
 		for (int i=0; i<requestEntriesSize; i++ ) {
 			nextRequestEntry = requestEntries.get(i);
 			BundleTask bundleTask = new BundleTask(completionLatch, theRequestDetails, responseMap, i, nextRequestEntry, theNestedMode);
-			myExecutor.submit(bundleTask);
+			//Don't spin up a new thread for nothing if batch size is <=1
+			if (myDaoConfig.getBundleBatchPoolSize() <= 1) {
+				bundleTask.call();
+			} else {
+				myExecutor.submit(bundleTask);
+			}
 		}
 
 		// waiting for all tasks to be completed
@@ -1557,7 +1562,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTransactionProcessor {
 	public class BundleTask implements Callable<Void> {
 
 		private CountDownLatch myCompletedLatch;
-		private ServletRequestDetails myRequestDetails;
+		private RequestDetails myRequestDetails;
 		private IBase myNextReqEntry;
 		private Map<Integer, Object> myResponseMap;
 		private int myResponseOrder;
@@ -1565,7 +1570,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTransactionProcessor {
 		
 		protected BundleTask(CountDownLatch theCompletedLatch, RequestDetails theRequestDetails, Map<Integer, Object> theResponseMap, int theResponseOrder, IBase theNextReqEntry, boolean theNestedMode) {
 			this.myCompletedLatch = theCompletedLatch;
-			this.myRequestDetails = (ServletRequestDetails)theRequestDetails;
+			this.myRequestDetails = theRequestDetails;
 			this.myNextReqEntry = theNextReqEntry;
 			this.myResponseMap = theResponseMap;		
 			this.myResponseOrder = theResponseOrder;					
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirSystemDaoR4Test.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirSystemDaoR4Test.java
index a1b7bb0ae52..d5428cc9fd1 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirSystemDaoR4Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/FhirSystemDaoR4Test.java
@@ -117,12 +117,16 @@ public class FhirSystemDaoR4Test extends BaseJpaR4SystemTest {
 		myDaoConfig.setAllowInlineMatchUrlReferences(false);
 		myDaoConfig.setAllowMultipleDelete(new DaoConfig().isAllowMultipleDelete());
 		myModelConfig.setNormalizedQuantitySearchLevel(NormalizedQuantitySearchLevel.NORMALIZED_QUANTITY_SEARCH_NOT_SUPPORTED);
+		myDaoConfig.setBundleBatchPoolSize(new DaoConfig().getBundleBatchPoolSize());
+		myDaoConfig.setBundleBatchMaxPoolSize(new DaoConfig().getBundleBatchMaxPoolSize());
 	}
 
 	@BeforeEach
 	public void beforeDisableResultReuse() {
 		myInterceptorRegistry.registerInterceptor(myInterceptor);
 		myDaoConfig.setReuseCachedSearchResultsForMillis(null);
+		myDaoConfig.setBundleBatchPoolSize(1);
+		myDaoConfig.setBundleBatchMaxPoolSize(1);
 	}
 
 	private Bundle createInputTransactionWithPlaceholderIdInMatchUrl(HTTPVerb theVerb) {