diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/StoredFieldsProcessor.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/StoredFieldsProcessor.java
index b13075c8808..932e4fe432b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/StoredFieldsProcessor.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/StoredFieldsProcessor.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package org.apache.lucene.index;
  */
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.StoredFieldsWriter;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ArrayUtil;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator;
 
 /** This is a StoredFieldsConsumer that writes stored fields. */
@@ -32,8 +34,6 @@ final class StoredFieldsProcessor extends StoredFieldsConsumer {
   final DocumentsWriterPerThread docWriter;
   int lastDocID;
 
-  int freeCount;
-
   final DocumentsWriterPerThread.DocState docState;
   final Codec codec;
 
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ final class StoredFieldsProcessor extends StoredFieldsConsumer {
   }
 
   private int numStoredFields;
-  private StorableField[] storedFields;
-  private FieldInfo[] fieldInfos;
+  private StorableField[] storedFields = new StorableField[1];
+  private FieldInfo[] fieldInfos = new FieldInfo[1];
 
   public void reset() {
     numStoredFields = 0;
-    storedFields = new StorableField[1];
-    fieldInfos = new FieldInfo[1];
+    Arrays.fill(storedFields, null);
+    Arrays.fill(fieldInfos, null);
   }
   
   @Override
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ final class StoredFieldsProcessor extends StoredFieldsConsumer {
   @Override
   public void flush(SegmentWriteState state) throws IOException {
     int numDocs = state.segmentInfo.getDocCount();
-
     if (numDocs > 0) {
       // It's possible that all documents seen in this segment
       // hit non-aborting exceptions, in which case we will
@@ -69,14 +68,17 @@ final class StoredFieldsProcessor extends StoredFieldsConsumer {
       initFieldsWriter(state.context);
       fill(numDocs);
     }
-
     if (fieldsWriter != null) {
-      try {
-        fieldsWriter.finish(state.fieldInfos, numDocs);
-      } finally {
-        fieldsWriter.close();
-        fieldsWriter = null;
-        lastDocID = 0;
+        boolean success = false;
+        try {
+          fieldsWriter.finish(state.fieldInfos, numDocs);
+          success = true;
+        } finally {
+          if (success) {
+            IOUtils.close(fieldsWriter);
+          } else {
+            IOUtils.closeWhileHandlingException(fieldsWriter);
+          }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -88,7 +90,6 @@ final class StoredFieldsProcessor extends StoredFieldsConsumer {
     }
   }
 
-  int allocCount;
 
   @Override
   void abort() {
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsConsumer.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsConsumer.java
index ead12cb4087..f548eeab2b9 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsConsumer.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermVectorsConsumer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.lucene.index;
  */
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.TermVectorsWriter;
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
 
   TermVectorsWriter writer;
   final DocumentsWriterPerThread docWriter;
-  int freeCount;
-  int lastDocID;
-
   final DocumentsWriterPerThread.DocState docState;
   final BytesRef flushTerm = new BytesRef();
 
@@ -42,6 +40,9 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
   final ByteSliceReader vectorSliceReaderPos = new ByteSliceReader();
   final ByteSliceReader vectorSliceReaderOff = new ByteSliceReader();
   boolean hasVectors;
+  int numVectorFields;
+  int lastDocID;
+  private TermVectorsConsumerPerField[] perFields = new TermVectorsConsumerPerField[1];
 
   public TermVectorsConsumer(DocumentsWriterPerThread docWriter) {
     this.docWriter = docWriter;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
   void flush(Map<String, TermsHashConsumerPerField> fieldsToFlush, final SegmentWriteState state) throws IOException {
     if (writer != null) {
       int numDocs = state.segmentInfo.getDocCount();
+      assert numDocs > 0;
       // At least one doc in this run had term vectors enabled
       try {
         fill(numDocs);
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
       } finally {
         IOUtils.close(writer);
         writer = null;
-
         lastDocID = 0;
         hasVectors = false;
       }
@@ -130,16 +131,11 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
     }
 
     lastDocID = 0;
-
     reset();
   }
 
-  int numVectorFields;
-
-  TermVectorsConsumerPerField[] perFields;
-
   void reset() {
-    perFields = null; // don't hang onto stuff from previous doc
+    Arrays.fill(perFields, null);// don't hang onto stuff from previous doc
     numVectorFields = 0;
   }
 
@@ -149,9 +145,7 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
   }
 
   void addFieldToFlush(TermVectorsConsumerPerField fieldToFlush) {
-    if (perFields == null) {
-      perFields = new TermVectorsConsumerPerField[1];
-    } else if (numVectorFields == perFields.length) {
+    if (numVectorFields == perFields.length) {
       int newSize = ArrayUtil.oversize(numVectorFields + 1, RamUsageEstimator.NUM_BYTES_OBJECT_REF);
       TermVectorsConsumerPerField[] newArray = new TermVectorsConsumerPerField[newSize];
       System.arraycopy(perFields, 0, newArray, 0, numVectorFields);
@@ -177,10 +171,7 @@ final class TermVectorsConsumer extends TermsHashConsumer {
   String lastVectorFieldName;
   final boolean vectorFieldsInOrder(FieldInfo fi) {
     try {
-      if (lastVectorFieldName != null)
-        return lastVectorFieldName.compareTo(fi.name) < 0;
-      else
-        return true;
+      return lastVectorFieldName != null ? lastVectorFieldName.compareTo(fi.name) < 0 : true; 
     } finally {
       lastVectorFieldName = fi.name;
     }