diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
index d531593467c0b..af6d7bae055c9 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/lucene/Lucene.java
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ public static class ExistsCollector extends Collector {
 
         private boolean exists;
 
+        public void reset() {
+            exists = false;
+        }
+
         public boolean exists() {
             return exists;
         }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutor.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutor.java
index 78e63dfe23526..8afbd5936904a 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutor.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/percolator/PercolatorExecutor.java
@@ -340,8 +340,9 @@ public Response percolate(DocAndQueryRequest request) throws ElasticSearchExcept
 
         List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
         if (request.query() == null) {
+            Lucene.ExistsCollector collector = new Lucene.ExistsCollector();
             for (Map.Entry<String, Query> entry : queries.entrySet()) {
-                Lucene.ExistsCollector collector = new Lucene.ExistsCollector();
+                collector.reset();
                 try {
                     searcher.search(entry.getValue(), collector);
                 } catch (IOException e) {