diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/WildcardFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/WildcardFieldMapper.java
index 20c5ce87ad1c7..1132c245c6930 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/WildcardFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/WildcardFieldMapper.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public WildcardFieldType(String name, Map<String, String> meta) {
         }
 
         public WildcardFieldType(String name, NamedAnalyzer normalizer, Builder builder) {
-            super(name, true, true, builder.hasDocValues.getValue(), TextSearchInfo.SIMPLE_MATCH_ONLY, builder.meta.getValue());
+            super(name, true, false, builder.hasDocValues.getValue(), TextSearchInfo.SIMPLE_MATCH_ONLY, builder.meta.getValue());
             setIndexAnalyzer(normalizer);
             this.ignoreAbove = builder.ignoreAbove.getValue();
             this.nullValue = builder.nullValue.getValue();