diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimClusterStateProvider.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimClusterStateProvider.java
index 12aa9c1a983..f2feb8e634e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimClusterStateProvider.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimClusterStateProvider.java
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ public class SimClusterStateProvider implements ClusterStateProvider {
       props.put(ZkStateReader.STATE_PROP, Slice.State.INACTIVE.toString());
       props.put(ZkStateReader.STATE_TIMESTAMP_PROP, String.valueOf(cloudManager.getTimeSource().getEpochTimeNs()));
       // XXX also mark replicas as down? currently SplitShardCmd doesn't do this
+
+      // invalidate cached state
+      collectionsStatesRef.set(null);
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
     }