diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/internal/AnalyzerMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/internal/AnalyzerMapper.java
index a70c13fafa60a..8dfdb399ec829 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/internal/AnalyzerMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/internal/AnalyzerMapper.java
@@ -138,16 +138,19 @@ public Analyzer setAnalyzer(HighlighterContext context){
             return context.analyzer();
         }
 
-        Analyzer analyzer = null;
-
-        if (path != null) {
-            String analyzerName = (String) context.context.lookup().source().extractValue(path);
-            analyzer = context.context.mapperService().analysisService().analyzer(analyzerName);
-        }
+        Analyzer analyzer = context.mapper.indexAnalyzer();
 
         if (analyzer == null) {
-            analyzer = context.context.mapperService().documentMapper(context.hitContext.hit().type()).mappers().indexAnalyzer();
+            if (path != null) {
+                String analyzerName = (String) context.context.lookup().source().extractValue(path);
+                analyzer = context.context.mapperService().analysisService().analyzer(analyzerName);
+            }
+
+            if (analyzer == null) {
+                analyzer = context.context.mapperService().documentMapper(context.hitContext.hit().type()).mappers().indexAnalyzer();
+            }
         }
+
         context.analyzer(analyzer);
 
         return analyzer;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlighterSearchTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlighterSearchTests.java
index f7ddd6fa7a71d..359f4c28fca9c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlighterSearchTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlighterSearchTests.java
@@ -679,6 +679,42 @@ public void testPlainHighlighterDocumentAnalyzer() throws Exception {
         assertHighlight(response, 0, "text", 0, 1, equalTo("Look at me, I'm eating <1>cars</1>."));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testPlainHighlighterDocumentAnalyzerOverriddenByFieldAnalyzer() throws Exception {
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("test")
+        .addMapping("type1", XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type1")
+            .startObject("_analyzer")
+                .field("path", "language_analyzer")
+            .endObject()
+            .startObject("properties")
+                .startObject("language_analyzer")
+                    .field("type", "string")
+                    .field("index", "not_analyzed")
+                .endObject()
+                .startObject("text")
+                    .field("type", "string")
+                .field("analyzer", "standard")
+                .endObject()
+            .endObject()
+            .endObject().endObject()).execute().actionGet();
+        ensureYellow();
+
+        index("test", "type1", "1",
+                "language_analyzer", "english",
+                "text", "Look at me, I'm eating cars.");
+        refresh();
+
+        // Make sure both "text" field and query string are analyzed by standard analyzer.
+        // If english analyzer specified in "language_analyzer" field is used for "text" field, "cars" in the field is analyzed as "car",
+        // which is different from analyzed query, "cars". As a result, there'll be no highlight (See #8943).
+        SearchResponse response = client().prepareSearch("test")
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("text", "cars"))
+                .addHighlightedField(
+                        new HighlightBuilder.Field("text").preTags("<1>").postTags("</1>").requireFieldMatch(true))
+                .get();
+        assertHighlight(response, 0, "text", 0, 1, equalTo("Look at me, I'm eating <1>cars</1>."));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFastVectorHighlighter() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").addMapping("type1", type1TermVectorMapping()));