diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/RegexExtractor.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/RegexExtractor.java
index 356b19ba1d..606a77d652 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/RegexExtractor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/RegexExtractor.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
 
     private transient List<Object> template;
 
-    private JMeterVariables regexVars;
     /**
      * Parses the response data using regular expressions and saving the results
      * into variables for use later in the test.
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
     @Override
     public void process() {
         initTemplate();
-        regexVars = new JMeterVariables();
         JMeterContext context = getThreadContext();
         SampleResult previousResult = context.getPreviousResult();
         if (previousResult == null) {
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
         final String defaultValue = getDefaultValue();
         if (defaultValue.length() > 0 || isEmptyDefaultValue()) {// Only replace default if it is provided or empty default value is explicitly requested
             vars.put(refName, defaultValue);
-            regexVars.put(refName, defaultValue);
         }
 
         Perl5Matcher matcher = JMeterUtils.getMatcher();
@@ -135,8 +132,6 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
                     match = getCorrectMatch(matches, matchNumber);
                     if (match != null) {
                         vars.put(refName, generateResult(match));
-                        regexVars.put(refName, generateResult(match));
-
                         saveGroups(vars, refName, match);
                     } else {
                         // refname has already been set to the default (if present)
@@ -147,15 +142,11 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
                     removeGroups(vars, refName); // remove any single matches
                     matchCount = matches.size();
                     vars.put(refName + REF_MATCH_NR, Integer.toString(matchCount));// Save the count
-                    regexVars.put(refName + REF_MATCH_NR, Integer.toString(matchCount));// Save the count
-
                     for (int i = 1; i <= matchCount; i++) {
                         match = getCorrectMatch(matches, i);
                         if (match != null) {
                             final String refName_n = refName + UNDERSCORE + i;
                             vars.put(refName_n, generateResult(match));
-                            regexVars.put(refName_n, generateResult(match));
-
                             saveGroups(vars, refName_n, match);
                         }
                     }
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ public class RegexExtractor extends AbstractScopedTestElement implements PostPro
                     vars.remove(refName_n);
                     removeGroups(vars, refName_n);
                 }
-                previousResult.addVars(regexVars);
+                previousResult.addVars(refName, vars.get(refName));
             } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 log.warn("Error while generating result");
             }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/XPath2Extractor.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/XPath2Extractor.java
index 4946ecafe2..8d0412704a 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/XPath2Extractor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/XPath2Extractor.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class XPath2Extractor
             for (int i = matchCount + 2; i <= prevCount; i++) {
                 vars.remove(concat(refName, i));
             }
-            previousResult.addVars(vars);
+            previousResult.addVars(refName,vars.get(refName));
         } catch (Exception e) {// Saxon exception
             if (log.isWarnEnabled()) {
                 log.warn("Exception while processing '{}', message:{}", getXPathQuery(), e.getMessage());
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/json/jsonpath/JSONPostProcessor.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/json/jsonpath/JSONPostProcessor.java
index f879b2f5fb..b035faadb0 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/json/jsonpath/JSONPostProcessor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/extractor/json/jsonpath/JSONPostProcessor.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * JSON-PATH based extractor
+ *
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class JSONPostProcessor
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class JSONPostProcessor
                     }
                 }
                 SampleResult previousResult = context.getPreviousResult();
-                previousResult.addVars(vars);
+                previousResult.addVars(currentRefName, vars.get(currentRefName));
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 // if something wrong, default value added
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ public class JSONPostProcessor
         }
         // extract at position
         if (matchNumber > extractedValues.size()) {
-            if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug(
                         "matchNumber({}) exceeds number of items found({}), default value will be used",
                         matchNumber, extractedValues.size());
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ public class JSONPostProcessor
     }
 
     private void handleEmptyResponse(JMeterVariables vars, String[] defaultValues, int i, String currentRefName) {
-        if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Response or source variable is null or empty for {}", getName());
         }
         vars.put(currentRefName, defaultValues[i]);
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public class JSONPostProcessor
 
     private void clearOldRefVars(JMeterVariables vars, String refName) {
         vars.remove(refName + REF_MATCH_NR);
-        for (int i=1; vars.get(refName + "_" + i) != null; i++) {
+        for (int i = 1; vars.get(refName + "_" + i) != null; i++) {
             vars.remove(refName + "_" + i);
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/samplers/SampleResult.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/samplers/SampleResult.java
index 4d1c3af09e..359a8615fa 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/samplers/SampleResult.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/samplers/SampleResult.java
@@ -1612,8 +1612,11 @@ public class SampleResult implements Serializable, Cloneable, Searchable {
         this.testLogicalAction = testLogicalAction;
     }
 
-    public void addVars(JMeterVariables vars) {
-        this.vars = vars;
+    public void addVars(String key, String value) {
+        if (this.vars == null) {
+            this.vars = new JMeterVariables();
+        }
+        this.vars.put(key, value);
     }
 
     public JMeterVariables getVars() {