diff --git a/docs/changelog/88358.yaml b/docs/changelog/88358.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3dd22bbe0a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/88358.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 88385
+summary: Fixed NullPointerException on bulk request
+area: Distributed
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/Retry.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/Retry.java
index 99864c509b51f..207b810d5422f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/Retry.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/Retry.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ private void addResponses(BulkResponse response, Predicate<BulkItemResponse> fil
         private BulkResponse getAccumulatedResponse() {
             BulkItemResponse[] itemResponses;
             synchronized (responses) {
-                itemResponses = responses.toArray(new BulkItemResponse[1]);
+                itemResponses = responses.toArray(new BulkItemResponse[0]);
             }
             long stopTimestamp = System.nanoTime();
             long totalLatencyMs = TimeValue.timeValueNanos(stopTimestamp - startTimestampNanos).millis();