diff --git a/src/Nest/Document/Multiple/BulkAll/BulkAllObservable.cs b/src/Nest/Document/Multiple/BulkAll/BulkAllObservable.cs
index 07f79c43881..c6e3a0ee4ff 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Document/Multiple/BulkAll/BulkAllObservable.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Document/Multiple/BulkAll/BulkAllObservable.cs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private async Task<BulkAllResponse> HandleBulkRequest(IList<T> buffer, long page
 
 			void ThrowOnExhaustedRetries()
 			{
-				if (_partitionedBulkRequest.ContinueAfterDroppedDocuments || backOffRetries < _backOffRetries) return;
+				if (backOffRetries < _backOffRetries) return;
 
 				throw ThrowOnBadBulk(response,
 					$"{nameof(BulkAll)} halted after {nameof(PipelineFailure)}.{reason} from _bulk and exhausting retries ({backOffRetries})"