diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/ContextIndexSearcher.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/ContextIndexSearcher.java
index ca488c946ced6..6eae363df4023 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/ContextIndexSearcher.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/ContextIndexSearcher.java
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ private static BitSet getSparseBitSetOrNull(Bits liveDocs) {
 
     private boolean isApproximateableRangeQuery() {
         boolean isTopLevelRangeQuery = searchContext.query() instanceof IndexOrDocValuesQuery
+            && ((IndexOrDocValuesQuery) searchContext.query()).getIndexQuery() instanceof ApproximateableQuery
             && ((ApproximateableQuery) ((IndexOrDocValuesQuery) searchContext.query()).getIndexQuery())
                 .getOriginalQuery() instanceof PointRangeQuery;