diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
index 8ac94793b..8afac271c 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/so/so-common-template.json
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
        {
           "port": {
             "path_match": "*.port",
-            "mapping": {
+            "path_unmatch": "*.data.port",
+	    "mapping": {
               "type": "integer",
               "fields" : {
                 "keyword" : {