diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/document/SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/document/SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.java
index 2372adbdacf52..669dbb1e1bfc7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/document/SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/document/SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.java
@@ -158,4 +158,19 @@ SortedNumericDocValues getValues(LeafReader reader, String field) throws IOExcep
             }
         };
     }
+
+    public static Query newSlowExactQuery(String field, BigInteger value) {
+        return new SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesRangeQuery(field, value, value) {
+            @Override
+            SortedNumericDocValues getValues(LeafReader reader, String field) throws IOException {
+                FieldInfo info = reader.getFieldInfos().fieldInfo(field);
+                if (info == null) {
+                    // Queries have some optimizations when one sub scorer returns null rather
+                    // than a scorer that does not match any documents
+                    return null;
+                }
+                return DocValues.getSortedNumeric(reader, field);
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/NumberFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/NumberFieldMapper.java
index 003167d86f5b6..524d2b0e0dd38 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/NumberFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/NumberFieldMapper.java
@@ -1002,11 +1002,11 @@ public Query termQuery(String field, Object value, boolean hasDocValues, boolean
                 BigInteger v = parse(value, true);
                 if (isSearchable && hasDocValues) {
                     Query query = BigIntegerPoint.newExactQuery(field, v);
-                    Query dvQuery = SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesRangeQuery.newSlowRangeQuery(field, v, v);
+                    Query dvQuery = SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.newSlowExactQuery(field, v);
                     return new IndexOrDocValuesQuery(query, dvQuery);
                 }
                 if (hasDocValues) {
-                    return SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesRangeQuery.newSlowRangeQuery(field, v, v);
+                    return SortedUnsignedLongDocValuesSetQuery.newSlowExactQuery(field, v);
                 }
                 return BigIntegerPoint.newExactQuery(field, v);
             }