diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
index 0b35bc8fb89d6..c0bc0af839967 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, TransportService transportSe
         this(actionName, true, transportService, actionFilters, requestReader);
     }
 
+    protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, TransportService transportService,
+                                     ActionFilters actionFilters, Writeable.Reader<Request> requestReader, String executor) {
+        this(actionName, true, transportService, actionFilters, requestReader, executor);
+    }
+
     protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, boolean canTripCircuitBreaker,
                                      TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters, Supplier<Request> request) {
         super(actionName, actionFilters, transportService.getTaskManager());
@@ -55,8 +60,14 @@ protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, boolean canTripCircuitBreake
     protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, boolean canTripCircuitBreaker,
                                      TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
                                      Writeable.Reader<Request> requestReader) {
+        this(actionName, canTripCircuitBreaker, transportService, actionFilters, requestReader, ThreadPool.Names.SAME);
+    }
+
+    protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, boolean canTripCircuitBreaker,
+                                     TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
+                                     Writeable.Reader<Request> requestReader, String executor) {
         super(actionName, actionFilters, transportService.getTaskManager());
-        transportService.registerRequestHandler(actionName, ThreadPool.Names.SAME, false, canTripCircuitBreaker, requestReader,
+        transportService.registerRequestHandler(actionName, executor, false, canTripCircuitBreaker, requestReader,
             new TransportHandler());
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
index 81cde2984f500..317890edb4206 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
@@ -43,26 +43,20 @@ public static class TransportDeleteCcrRestoreSessionAction
         extends HandledTransportAction<ClearCcrRestoreSessionRequest, ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse> {
 
         private final CcrRestoreSourceService ccrRestoreService;
-        private final ThreadPool threadPool;
 
         @Inject
         public TransportDeleteCcrRestoreSessionAction(ActionFilters actionFilters, TransportService transportService,
                                                       CcrRestoreSourceService ccrRestoreService) {
-            super(NAME, transportService, actionFilters, ClearCcrRestoreSessionRequest::new);
+            super(NAME, transportService, actionFilters, ClearCcrRestoreSessionRequest::new, ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC);
             TransportActionProxy.registerProxyAction(transportService, NAME, ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse::new);
             this.ccrRestoreService = ccrRestoreService;
-            this.threadPool = transportService.getThreadPool();
         }
 
         @Override
         protected void doExecute(Task task, ClearCcrRestoreSessionRequest request,
                                  ActionListener<ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse> listener) {
-            // TODO: Currently blocking actions might occur in the session closed callbacks. This dispatch
-            //  may be unnecessary when we remove these callbacks.
-            threadPool.generic().execute(() ->  {
-                ccrRestoreService.closeSession(request.getSessionUUID());
-                listener.onResponse(new ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse());
-            });
+            ccrRestoreService.closeSession(request.getSessionUUID());
+            listener.onResponse(new ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
index 3f473f25c2411..cf8d2e5c55f48 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.BigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.ByteArray;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportActionProxy;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ public static class TransportGetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction
         @Inject
         public TransportGetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction(BigArrays bigArrays, TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
                                                      CcrRestoreSourceService restoreSourceService) {
-            super(NAME, transportService, actionFilters, GetCcrRestoreFileChunkRequest::new);
+            super(NAME, transportService, actionFilters, GetCcrRestoreFileChunkRequest::new, ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC);
             TransportActionProxy.registerProxyAction(transportService, NAME, GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse::new);
             this.threadPool = transportService.getThreadPool();
             this.restoreSourceService = restoreSourceService;
@@ -68,29 +67,21 @@ public TransportGetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction(BigArrays bigArrays, TransportServi
         @Override
         protected void doExecute(Task task, GetCcrRestoreFileChunkRequest request,
                                  ActionListener<GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse> listener) {
-            threadPool.generic().execute(new AbstractRunnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void onFailure(Exception e) {
-                    listener.onFailure(e);
+            int bytesRequested = request.getSize();
+            ByteArray array = bigArrays.newByteArray(bytesRequested, false);
+            String fileName = request.getFileName();
+            String sessionUUID = request.getSessionUUID();
+            // This is currently safe to do because calling `onResponse` will serialize the bytes to the network layer data
+            // structure on the same thread. So the bytes will be copied before the reference is released.
+            try (ReleasablePagedBytesReference reference = new ReleasablePagedBytesReference(array, bytesRequested, array)) {
+                try (CcrRestoreSourceService.SessionReader sessionReader = restoreSourceService.getSessionReader(sessionUUID)) {
+                    long offsetAfterRead = sessionReader.readFileBytes(fileName, reference);
+                    long offsetBeforeRead = offsetAfterRead - reference.length();
+                    listener.onResponse(new GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse(offsetBeforeRead, reference));
                 }
-
-                @Override
-                protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                    int bytesRequested = request.getSize();
-                    ByteArray array = bigArrays.newByteArray(bytesRequested, false);
-                    String fileName = request.getFileName();
-                    String sessionUUID = request.getSessionUUID();
-                    // This is currently safe to do because calling `onResponse` will serialize the bytes to the network layer data
-                    // structure on the same thread. So the bytes will be copied before the reference is released.
-                    try (ReleasablePagedBytesReference reference = new ReleasablePagedBytesReference(array, bytesRequested, array)) {
-                        try (CcrRestoreSourceService.SessionReader sessionReader = restoreSourceService.getSessionReader(sessionUUID)) {
-                            long offsetAfterRead = sessionReader.readFileBytes(fileName, reference);
-                            long offsetBeforeRead = offsetAfterRead - reference.length();
-                            listener.onResponse(new GetCcrRestoreFileChunkResponse(offsetBeforeRead, reference));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            });
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                listener.onFailure(e);
+            }
         }
     }