diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/xcontent/NumberFieldMapper.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/xcontent/NumberFieldMapper.java
index 9ab81ea2afa36..5436b686b683d 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/xcontent/NumberFieldMapper.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/xcontent/NumberFieldMapper.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public CustomNumericField(NumberFieldMapper mapper, byte[] value) {
             isIndexed = mapper.indexed();
             isTokenized = mapper.indexed();
             omitTermFreqAndPositions = true;
-            omitNorms = true;
+            omitNorms = mapper.omitNorms();
 
             if (value != null) {
                 isStored = true;