diff --git a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree/TestBKDTree.java b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree/TestBKDTree.java
index 25cf24108b6..ecde513d7bd 100644
--- a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree/TestBKDTree.java
+++ b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree/TestBKDTree.java
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ public class TestBKDTree extends LuceneTestCase {
     iwc.setCodec(codec);
     Directory dir;
     if (lats.length > 100000) {
-      dir = newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestBKDTree"));
+      dir = noVirusChecker(newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestBKDTree")));
     } else {
       dir = getDirectory();
     }
@@ -634,11 +634,14 @@ public class TestBKDTree extends LuceneTestCase {
     return new BKDTreeDocValuesFormat(maxPointsInLeaf, maxPointsSortInHeap);
   }
 
-  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
-    Directory dir = newDirectory();
+  private static Directory noVirusChecker(Directory dir) {
     if (dir instanceof MockDirectoryWrapper) {
       ((MockDirectoryWrapper) dir).setEnableVirusScanner(false);
     }
     return dir;
   }
+
+  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
+    return noVirusChecker(newDirectory());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/rangetree/TestRangeTree.java b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/rangetree/TestRangeTree.java
index c535204363e..54dcf6dba0a 100644
--- a/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/rangetree/TestRangeTree.java
+++ b/lucene/sandbox/src/test/org/apache/lucene/rangetree/TestRangeTree.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public class TestRangeTree extends LuceneTestCase {
     iwc.setCodec(codec);
     Directory dir;
     if (values.length > 100000) {
-      dir = newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestRangeTree"));
+      dir = noVirusChecker(newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestRangeTree")));
     } else {
       dir = getDirectory();
     }
@@ -768,11 +768,14 @@ public class TestRangeTree extends LuceneTestCase {
     return new RangeTreeDocValuesFormat(maxPointsInLeaf, maxPointsSortInHeap);
   }
 
-  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
-    Directory dir = newDirectory();
+  private static Directory noVirusChecker(Directory dir) {
     if (dir instanceof MockDirectoryWrapper) {
       ((MockDirectoryWrapper) dir).setEnableVirusScanner(false);
     }
     return dir;
   }
+
+  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
+    return noVirusChecker(newDirectory());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
index b8cc65178b1..a3f96078afe 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ public class TestGeo3DPointField extends LuceneTestCase {
     iwc.setCodec(codec);
     Directory dir;
     if (lats.length > 100000) {
-      dir = newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestBKDTree"));
+      dir = noVirusChecker(newFSDirectory(createTempDir("TestBKDTree")));
     } else {
       dir = getDirectory();
     }
@@ -1061,11 +1061,14 @@ public class TestGeo3DPointField extends LuceneTestCase {
     IOUtils.close(r, dir);
   }
 
-  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
-    Directory dir = newDirectory();
+  private static Directory noVirusChecker(Directory dir) {
     if (dir instanceof MockDirectoryWrapper) {
       ((MockDirectoryWrapper) dir).setEnableVirusScanner(false);
     }
     return dir;
   }
+
+  private static Directory getDirectory() {     
+    return noVirusChecker(newDirectory());
+  }
 }