diff --git a/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/uninverting/TestFieldCacheVsDocValues.java b/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/uninverting/TestFieldCacheVsDocValues.java
index 12844704b37..dc196c4e971 100644
--- a/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/uninverting/TestFieldCacheVsDocValues.java
+++ b/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/uninverting/TestFieldCacheVsDocValues.java
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public class TestFieldCacheVsDocValues extends LuceneTestCase {
   }
   
   protected boolean codecAcceptsHugeBinaryValues(String field) {
-    String name = Codec.getDefault().getName();
+    String name = TestUtil.getDocValuesFormat(field);
     return !(name.equals("Lucene40") || name.equals("Lucene41") || name.equals("Lucene42") || name.equals("Memory") || name.equals("Direct"));
   }
 }