diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/FilterDocValuesProducer.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/FilterDocValuesProducer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9cf6abf54487a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/FilterDocValuesProducer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.codec;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesProducer;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.BinaryDocValues;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.DocValuesSkipper;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.NumericDocValues;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedDocValues;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedNumericDocValues;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedSetDocValues;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation that allows wrapping another {@link DocValuesProducer} and alter behaviour of the wrapped instance.
+ */
+public abstract class FilterDocValuesProducer extends DocValuesProducer {
+    private final DocValuesProducer in;
+
+    protected FilterDocValuesProducer(DocValuesProducer in) {
+        this.in = in;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public NumericDocValues getNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getNumeric(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BinaryDocValues getBinary(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getBinary(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SortedDocValues getSorted(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getSorted(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SortedNumericDocValues getSortedNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getSortedNumeric(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SortedSetDocValues getSortedSet(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getSortedSet(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DocValuesSkipper getSkipper(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
+        return in.getSkipper(field);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void checkIntegrity() throws IOException {
+        in.checkIntegrity();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        in.close();
+    }
+
+    public DocValuesProducer getIn() {
+        return in;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/es819/DocValuesConsumerUtil.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/es819/DocValuesConsumerUtil.java
index d6dae9ea882f9..9a9e2831d78da 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/es819/DocValuesConsumerUtil.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/es819/DocValuesConsumerUtil.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesProducer;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.MergeState;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.FilterDocValuesProducer;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.perfield.XPerFieldDocValuesFormat;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ static MergeStats compatibleWithOptimizedMerge(boolean optimizedMergeEnabled, Me
 
         for (int i = 0; i < mergeState.docValuesProducers.length; i++) {
             DocValuesProducer docValuesProducer = mergeState.docValuesProducers[i];
+            if (docValuesProducer instanceof FilterDocValuesProducer filterDocValuesProducer) {
+                docValuesProducer = filterDocValuesProducer.getIn();
+            }
+
             if (docValuesProducer instanceof XPerFieldDocValuesFormat.FieldsReader perFieldReader) {
                 var wrapped = perFieldReader.getDocValuesProducer(fieldInfo);
                 if (wrapped instanceof ES819TSDBDocValuesProducer tsdbDocValuesProducer) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoverySourcePruneMergePolicy.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoverySourcePruneMergePolicy.java
index 35a2d0b438fe5..d406eea9a3578 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoverySourcePruneMergePolicy.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/RecoverySourcePruneMergePolicy.java
@@ -11,18 +11,13 @@
 
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesProducer;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.StoredFieldsReader;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.BinaryDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.CodecReader;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.DocValuesSkipper;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FilterCodecReader;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FilterNumericDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.NumericDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.OneMergeWrappingMergePolicy;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedDocValues;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedNumericDocValues;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedSetDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.StoredFieldVisitor;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.ConjunctionUtils;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator;
@@ -34,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BitSet;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BitSetIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.FilterDocValuesProducer;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.IdFieldMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.FilterStoredFieldVisitor;
 
@@ -177,54 +173,6 @@ public CacheHelper getReaderCacheHelper() {
             return null;
         }
 
-        private static class FilterDocValuesProducer extends DocValuesProducer {
-            private final DocValuesProducer in;
-
-            FilterDocValuesProducer(DocValuesProducer in) {
-                this.in = in;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public NumericDocValues getNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getNumeric(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public BinaryDocValues getBinary(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getBinary(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public SortedDocValues getSorted(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getSorted(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public SortedNumericDocValues getSortedNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getSortedNumeric(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public SortedSetDocValues getSortedSet(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getSortedSet(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public DocValuesSkipper getSkipper(FieldInfo field) throws IOException {
-                return in.getSkipper(field);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void checkIntegrity() throws IOException {
-                in.checkIntegrity();
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void close() throws IOException {
-                in.close();
-            }
-        }
-
         private abstract static class FilterStoredFieldsReader extends StoredFieldsReader {
 
             protected final StoredFieldsReader in;