diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLog.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLog.java
index b4b471e220a77..bbb66825dc4dc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLog.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLog.java
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ public final class IndexingSlowLog implements IndexingOperationListener {
      */
     private int maxSourceCharsToLog;
 
-    private SlowLogLevel level;
-
     private final Logger indexLogger;
 
     private static final String INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_PREFIX = "index.indexing.slowlog";
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ public final class IndexingSlowLog implements IndexingOperationListener {
             }, Property.Dynamic, Property.IndexScope);
 
     IndexingSlowLog(IndexSettings indexSettings) {
-        this.indexLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".index");
+        this.indexLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".index." + indexSettings.getUUID());
         this.index = indexSettings.getIndex();
 
         indexSettings.getScopedSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_REFORMAT_SETTING, this::setReformat);
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@ private void setMaxSourceCharsToLog(int maxSourceCharsToLog) {
     }
 
     private void setLevel(SlowLogLevel level) {
-        this.level = level;
         Loggers.setLevel(this.indexLogger, level.name());
     }
 
@@ -233,7 +230,7 @@ int getMaxSourceCharsToLog() {
     }
 
     SlowLogLevel getLevel() {
-        return level;
+        return SlowLogLevel.parse(indexLogger.getLevel().name());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLog.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLog.java
index 32c527f06ff3b..d428d347e2076 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLog.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLog.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public final class SearchSlowLog implements SearchOperationListener {
     private long fetchDebugThreshold;
     private long fetchTraceThreshold;
 
-    private SlowLogLevel level;
-
     private final Logger queryLogger;
     private final Logger fetchLogger;
 
@@ -83,8 +81,8 @@ public final class SearchSlowLog implements SearchOperationListener {
 
     public SearchSlowLog(IndexSettings indexSettings) {
 
-        this.queryLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".query");
-        this.fetchLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".fetch");
+        this.queryLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".query." + indexSettings.getUUID());
+        this.fetchLogger = LogManager.getLogger(INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_PREFIX + ".fetch." + indexSettings.getUUID());
 
         indexSettings.getScopedSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_THRESHOLD_QUERY_WARN_SETTING,
             this::setQueryWarnThreshold);
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ public SearchSlowLog(IndexSettings indexSettings) {
     }
 
     private void setLevel(SlowLogLevel level) {
-        this.level = level;
         Loggers.setLevel(queryLogger, level.name());
         Loggers.setLevel(fetchLogger, level.name());
     }
@@ -259,6 +256,7 @@ long getFetchTraceThreshold() {
     }
 
     SlowLogLevel getLevel() {
-        return level;
+        assert queryLogger.getLevel().equals(fetchLogger.getLevel());
+        return SlowLogLevel.parse(queryLogger.getLevel().name());
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLogTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLogTests.java
index 72a1cb4a87d7f..073ad6cc27eaf 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLogTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexingSlowLogTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.document.NumericDocValuesField;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -189,6 +190,25 @@ public void testLevelSetting() {
             assertThat(cause, hasToString(containsString("No enum constant org.elasticsearch.index.SlowLogLevel.NOT A LEVEL")));
         }
         assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.TRACE, log.getLevel());
+
+        metaData = newIndexMeta("index", Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT)
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, UUIDs.randomBase64UUID())
+            .put(IndexingSlowLog.INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_LEVEL_SETTING.getKey(), SlowLogLevel.DEBUG)
+            .build());
+        settings = new IndexSettings(metaData, Settings.EMPTY);
+        IndexingSlowLog debugLog = new IndexingSlowLog(settings);
+
+        metaData = newIndexMeta("index", Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT)
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, UUIDs.randomBase64UUID())
+            .put(IndexingSlowLog.INDEX_INDEXING_SLOWLOG_LEVEL_SETTING.getKey(), SlowLogLevel.INFO)
+            .build());
+        settings = new IndexSettings(metaData, Settings.EMPTY);
+        IndexingSlowLog infoLog = new IndexingSlowLog(settings);
+
+        assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.DEBUG, debugLog.getLevel());
+        assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.INFO, infoLog.getLevel());
     }
 
     public void testSetLevels() {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLogTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLogTests.java
index fc24bdf9691de..de0c8f4cc87c0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLogTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/SearchSlowLogTests.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+git status * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchType;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogMessage;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.BigArrays;
@@ -223,6 +225,25 @@ public void testLevelSetting() {
             assertThat(cause, hasToString(containsString("No enum constant org.elasticsearch.index.SlowLogLevel.NOT A LEVEL")));
         }
         assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.TRACE, log.getLevel());
+
+        metaData = newIndexMeta("index", Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT)
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, UUIDs.randomBase64UUID())
+            .put(SearchSlowLog.INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_LEVEL.getKey(), SlowLogLevel.DEBUG)
+            .build());
+        settings = new IndexSettings(metaData, Settings.EMPTY);
+        SearchSlowLog debugLog = new SearchSlowLog(settings);
+
+        metaData = newIndexMeta("index", Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT)
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_INDEX_UUID, UUIDs.randomBase64UUID())
+            .put(SearchSlowLog.INDEX_SEARCH_SLOWLOG_LEVEL.getKey(), SlowLogLevel.INFO)
+            .build());
+        settings = new IndexSettings(metaData, Settings.EMPTY);
+        SearchSlowLog infoLog = new SearchSlowLog(settings);
+
+        assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.DEBUG, debugLog.getLevel());
+        assertEquals(SlowLogLevel.INFO, infoLog.getLevel());
     }
 
     public void testSetQueryLevels() {