diff --git a/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/FulltextUpdateApplier.java b/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/FulltextUpdateApplier.java
index 9f18f34104cfd..13e3ca9365b05 100644
--- a/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/FulltextUpdateApplier.java
+++ b/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/FulltextUpdateApplier.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 import org.neo4j.logging.Log;
 import org.neo4j.scheduler.JobScheduler;
 
-import static org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.documentForPopulation;
 import static org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.documentRepresentingProperties;
 import static org.neo4j.kernel.api.impl.fulltext.LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.newTermForChangeOrRemove;
 
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ private AsyncFulltextIndexOperation enqueuePopulateIndex(
         {
             PartitionedIndexWriter indexWriter = index.getIndexWriter();
             String[] indexedPropertyKeys = index.properties().toArray( new String[0] );
-            ArrayList<Document> documents = new ArrayList<>();
+            ArrayList<Supplier<Document>> documents = new ArrayList<>();
             try ( Transaction ignore = db.beginTx( 1, TimeUnit.DAYS ) )
             {
                 ResourceIterable<? extends Entity> entities = entitySupplier.get();
@@ -175,17 +174,17 @@ private AsyncFulltextIndexOperation enqueuePopulateIndex(
                     Map<String,Object> properties = entity.getProperties( indexedPropertyKeys );
                     if ( !properties.isEmpty() )
                     {
-                        documents.add( documentForPopulation( entityId, properties ) );
+                        documents.add( documentBuilder( entityId, properties ) );
                     }
 
                     if ( documents.size() > POPULATING_BATCH_SIZE )
                     {
-                        indexWriter.addDocuments( documents.size(), documents );
+                        indexWriter.addDocuments( documents.size(), reifyDocuments( documents ) );
                         documents.clear();
                     }
                 }
             }
-            indexWriter.addDocuments( documents.size(), documents );
+            indexWriter.addDocuments( documents.size(), reifyDocuments( documents ) );
             return Pair.of( index, completedLatch );
         };
 
@@ -193,6 +192,16 @@ private AsyncFulltextIndexOperation enqueuePopulateIndex(
         return completedLatch;
     }
 
+    private Supplier<Document> documentBuilder( long entityId, Map<String,Object> properties )
+    {
+        return () -> documentRepresentingProperties( entityId, properties );
+    }
+
+    private Iterable<Document> reifyDocuments( ArrayList<Supplier<Document>> documents )
+    {
+        return () -> documents.stream().map( Supplier::get ).iterator();
+    }
+
     private void enqueueUpdate( FulltextIndexUpdate update ) throws IOException
     {
         try
diff --git a/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.java b/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.java
index 8f2aace38215a..947354d894aa6 100644
--- a/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.java
+++ b/enterprise/fulltext-addon/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/api/impl/fulltext/LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 class LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure
 {
-
     private static final ThreadLocal<DocWithId> perThreadDocument = ThreadLocal.withInitial( DocWithId::new );
 
     private LuceneFulltextDocumentStructure()
@@ -62,14 +61,6 @@ static Field encodeValueField( String propertyKey, Value value )
         return LuceneFulltextFieldEncoding.encodeField( propertyKey, value );
     }
 
-    public static Document documentForPopulation( long entityId, Map<String,Object> properties )
-    {
-        DocWithId docWithId = new DocWithId();
-        docWithId.setId( entityId );
-        docWithId.setValues( properties );
-        return docWithId.document;
-    }
-
     private static class DocWithId
     {
         private final Document document;