diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
index be5f82bfac2b2..44d932304013c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/stats/SearchStats.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public Stats(long queryCount, long queryTimeInMillis, long queryCurrent, long fe
         }
 
         public Stats(Stats stats) {
-            this.add(stats);
+            this(stats.queryCount, stats.queryTimeInMillis, stats.queryCurrent, stats.fetchCount, stats.fetchTimeInMillis, stats.fetchCurrent);
         }
 
         public void add(Stats stats) {