diff --git a/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor.java b/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor.java
index c7ef117751a..4f57b862686 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.solr.uima.processor;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
 import org.apache.solr.schema.SchemaField;
 import org.apache.solr.uima.processor.SolrUIMAConfiguration.MapField;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.uima.ae.AEProvider;
@@ -48,19 +47,16 @@ public class UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor extends UpdateRequestProcessor {
   SolrUIMAConfiguration solrUIMAConfiguration;
 
   private AEProvider aeProvider;
-  
-  private SolrCore solrCore;
 
-  public UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor(UpdateRequestProcessor next, SolrCore solrCore,
+  public UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor(UpdateRequestProcessor next, String coreName,
       SolrUIMAConfiguration config) {
     super(next);
-    initialize(solrCore, config);
+    initialize(coreName, config);
   }
 
-  private void initialize(SolrCore solrCore, SolrUIMAConfiguration config) {
-    this.solrCore = solrCore;
+  private void initialize(String coreName, SolrUIMAConfiguration config) {
     solrUIMAConfiguration = config;
-    aeProvider = AEProviderFactory.getInstance().getAEProvider(solrCore.getName(),
+    aeProvider = AEProviderFactory.getInstance().getAEProvider(coreName,
             solrUIMAConfiguration.getAePath(), solrUIMAConfiguration.getRuntimeParameters());
   }
 
diff --git a/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessorFactory.java b/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessorFactory.java
index 0855f4c397b..c088df8ff89 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessorFactory.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/uima/src/java/org/apache/solr/uima/processor/UIMAUpdateRequestProcessorFactory.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class UIMAUpdateRequestProcessorFactory extends UpdateRequestProcessorFac
   @Override
   public UpdateRequestProcessor getInstance(SolrQueryRequest req, SolrQueryResponse rsp,
           UpdateRequestProcessor next) {
-    return new UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor(next, req.getCore(),
+    return new UIMAUpdateRequestProcessor(next, req.getCore().getName(),
             new SolrUIMAConfigurationReader(args).readSolrUIMAConfiguration());
   }