diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java
index fe64a210aee..1dbfa2b2767 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DirectoryReader.java
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class DirectoryReader extends IndexReader implements Cloneable {
     IndexReader reader = writer.getReader(applyAllDeletes);
 
     // If in fact no changes took place, return null:
-    if (reader.getVersion() == getVersion()) {
+    if (reader.getVersion() == segmentInfos.getVersion()) {
       reader.decRef();
       return null;
     }