diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cbfc56ed776c..be111a8dec3ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - [Bug]: gradle check failing with java heap OutOfMemoryError (([#4328](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/
 - `opensearch.bat` fails to execute when install path includes spaces ([#4362](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4362))
 - Fixed flaky test `ResourceAwareTasksTests.testTaskIdPersistsInThreadContext` ([#4484](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4484))
+- Fixed the ignore_malformed setting to also ignore objects ([#4494](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4494))
 
 ### Security
 - CVE-2022-25857 org.yaml:snakeyaml DOS vulnerability ([#4341](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4341))
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldMapper.java
index 3088bd0a4c94e..ca118d479eab1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/FieldMapper.java
@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@ public boolean parsesArrayValue() {
      * Parse the field value using the provided {@link ParseContext}.
      */
     public void parse(ParseContext context) throws IOException {
-        boolean ignore_malformed = IGNORE_MALFORMED_SETTING.get(context.indexSettings().getSettings());
         try {
             parseCreateField(context);
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            boolean ignore_malformed = false;
+            if (context.indexSettings() != null) ignore_malformed = IGNORE_MALFORMED_SETTING.get(context.indexSettings().getSettings());
             String valuePreview = "";
             try {
                 XContentParser parser = context.parser();