diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
index d15b7b92d62aa..e0a6cd827863a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/TransportShardMultiGetAction.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.get;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -90,9 +89,9 @@ protected MultiGetShardResponse shardOperation(MultiGetShardRequest request, Sha
                 GetResult getResult = indexShard.getService().get(item.type(), item.id(), item.storedFields(), request.realtime(), item.version(),
                     item.versionType(), item.fetchSourceContext());
                 response.add(request.locations.get(i), new GetResponse(getResult));
-            } catch (Exception e) {
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 if (TransportActions.isShardNotAvailableException(e)) {
-                    throw (ElasticsearchException) e;
+                    throw e;
                 } else {
                     logger.debug(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("{} failed to execute multi_get for [{}]/[{}]", shardId,
                         item.type(), item.id()), e);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
index b83ac3881fda5..f1641fdd25c98 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/TransportShardMultiTermsVectorAction.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.termvectors;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -84,13 +83,13 @@ protected MultiTermVectorsShardResponse shardOperation(MultiTermVectorsShardRequ
             try {
                 TermVectorsResponse termVectorsResponse = TermVectorsService.getTermVectors(indexShard, termVectorsRequest);
                 response.add(request.locations.get(i), termVectorsResponse);
-            } catch (Exception t) {
-                if (TransportActions.isShardNotAvailableException(t)) {
-                    throw (ElasticsearchException) t;
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                if (TransportActions.isShardNotAvailableException(e)) {
+                    throw e;
                 } else {
-                    logger.debug(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("{} failed to execute multi term vectors for [{}]/[{}]", shardId, termVectorsRequest.type(), termVectorsRequest.id()), t);
+                    logger.debug(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("{} failed to execute multi term vectors for [{}]/[{}]", shardId, termVectorsRequest.type(), termVectorsRequest.id()), e);
                     response.add(request.locations.get(i),
-                            new MultiTermVectorsResponse.Failure(request.index(), termVectorsRequest.type(), termVectorsRequest.id(), t));
+                            new MultiTermVectorsResponse.Failure(request.index(), termVectorsRequest.type(), termVectorsRequest.id(), e));
                 }
             }
         }