diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
index dd34dd94e69f7..d9b50cd7c4253 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchAction.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.search;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 
 public class MultiSearchAction extends ActionType<MultiSearchResponse> {
 
@@ -28,11 +27,6 @@ public class MultiSearchAction extends ActionType<MultiSearchResponse> {
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/read/msearch";
 
     private MultiSearchAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Writeable.Reader<MultiSearchResponse> getResponseReader() {
-        return MultiSearchResponse::new;
+        super(NAME, MultiSearchResponse::new);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
index 071f5108bdded..1478b75d632d5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ public class MultiSearchRequest extends ActionRequest implements CompositeIndice
     public static final int MAX_CONCURRENT_SEARCH_REQUESTS_DEFAULT = 0;
 
     private int maxConcurrentSearchRequests = 0;
-    private List<SearchRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<SearchRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosedIgnoreThrottled();
 
+    public MultiSearchRequest() {}
+
     /**
      * Add a search request to execute. Note, the order is important, the search response will be returned in the
      * same order as the search requests.
@@ -130,9 +132,9 @@ public MultiSearchRequest indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
         return this;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
+
+    public MultiSearchRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
         maxConcurrentSearchRequests = in.readVInt();
         int size = in.readVInt();
         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
@@ -141,6 +143,11 @@ public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
index a2fa140c149e0..f03e1fd4dd1c9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportMultiSearchAction.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AtomicArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.EsExecutors;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public class TransportMultiSearchAction extends HandledTransportAction<MultiSear
     @Inject
     public TransportMultiSearchAction(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, TransportService transportService,
                                       ClusterService clusterService, ActionFilters actionFilters, NodeClient client) {
-        super(MultiSearchAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MultiSearchRequest::new);
+        super(MultiSearchAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, (Writeable.Reader<MultiSearchRequest>) MultiSearchRequest::new);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.availableProcessors = EsExecutors.numberOfProcessors(settings);
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public TransportMultiSearchAction(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, Tran
     TransportMultiSearchAction(ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters, TransportService transportService,
                                ClusterService clusterService, int availableProcessors,
                                LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider, NodeClient client) {
-        super(MultiSearchAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MultiSearchRequest::new);
+        super(MultiSearchAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, (Writeable.Reader<MultiSearchRequest>) MultiSearchRequest::new);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.availableProcessors = availableProcessors;