diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/delete/TransportDeleteMappingAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/delete/TransportDeleteMappingAction.java
index ae33d173bb4dc..65af7b24ea320 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/delete/TransportDeleteMappingAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/delete/TransportDeleteMappingAction.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public void onResponse(FlushResponse flushResponse) {
                 request.types(types.toArray(new String[types.size()]));
                 QuerySourceBuilder querySourceBuilder = new QuerySourceBuilder()
                         .setQuery(QueryBuilders.filteredQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery(), filterBuilder));
-                deleteByQueryAction.execute(Requests.deleteByQueryRequest(concreteIndices).source(querySourceBuilder), new ActionListener<DeleteByQueryResponse>() {
+                deleteByQueryAction.execute(Requests.deleteByQueryRequest(concreteIndices).types(request.types()).source(querySourceBuilder), new ActionListener<DeleteByQueryResponse>() {
                     @Override
                     public void onResponse(DeleteByQueryResponse deleteByQueryResponse) {
                         if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorTests.java
index 8c1df11a4732f..c2dcacd5b6062 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/percolator/PercolatorTests.java
@@ -1611,6 +1611,9 @@ public boolean apply(Object o) {
                 .setPercolateDoc(docBuilder().setDoc(jsonBuilder().startObject().field("field1", "b").endObject()))
                 .execute().actionGet();
         assertMatchCount(response, 0l);
+
+        SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch("test1", "test2").get();
+        assertHitCount(searchResponse, 0);
     }
 
     public static String[] convertFromTextArray(PercolateResponse.Match[] matches, String index) {