diff --git a/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/Text.java b/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/Text.java
index 2aa37d2bbdc63..e46d0fcd595b6 100644
--- a/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/Text.java
+++ b/libs/x-content/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xcontent/Text.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public static Text[] convertFromStringArray(String[] strings) {
         return texts;
     }
 
-    private ByteBuffer bytes;
+    private volatile ByteBuffer bytes;
     private String text;
     private int hash;
     private int stringLength = -1;