diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
index 4d1277c6ef9..41c1916ac37 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrDispatchFilter.java
@@ -315,8 +315,9 @@ public class SolrDispatchFilter implements Filter
           if (core == null && idx > 0) {
             String coreUrl = getRemotCoreUrl(cores, corename, origCorename);
             // don't proxy for internal update requests
-            solrReq =  SolrRequestParsers.DEFAULT.parse(null,path, req);
-            if (coreUrl != null && solrReq.getParams().get(DistributingUpdateProcessorFactory.DISTRIB_UPDATE_PARAM) == null) {
+            //solrReq =  SolrRequestParsers.DEFAULT.parse(null,path, req);
+            //if (coreUrl != null && solrReq.getParams().get(DistributingUpdateProcessorFactory.DISTRIB_UPDATE_PARAM) == null) {
+            if (coreUrl != null) { 
               path = path.substring( idx );
               remoteQuery(coreUrl + path, req, solrReq, resp);
               return;