diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/external/request/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsRequest.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/external/request/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsRequest.java
index 18fc7d9f8c32d..dbbc4db94d163 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/external/request/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsRequest.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/external/request/elastic/ElasticInferenceServiceSparseEmbeddingsRequest.java
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ public boolean[] getTruncationInfo() {
     // visible for testing
     static ElasticInferenceServiceUsageContext inputTypeToUsageContext(InputType inputType) {
         switch (inputType) {
-            case SEARCH -> {
+            case SEARCH, INTERNAL_SEARCH -> {
                 return ElasticInferenceServiceUsageContext.SEARCH;
             }
-            case INGEST -> {
+            case INGEST, INTERNAL_INGEST -> {
                 return ElasticInferenceServiceUsageContext.INGEST;
             }
             default -> {