diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocumentsWriterDeleteQueue.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocumentsWriterDeleteQueue.java
index cb3db7a0ff7..ab5d657a1b0 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocumentsWriterDeleteQueue.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocumentsWriterDeleteQueue.java
@@ -509,27 +509,18 @@ final class DocumentsWriterDeleteQueue implements Accountable, Closeable {
     }
   }
   
-  private boolean forceApplyGlobalSlice() {
-    globalBufferLock.lock();
-    final Node<?> currentTail = tail;
+  public int getBufferedUpdatesTermsSize() {
+    final ReentrantLock lock = globalBufferLock; // Trusted final
+    lock.lock();
     try {
+      final Node<?> currentTail = tail;
       if (globalSlice.sliceTail != currentTail) {
         globalSlice.sliceTail = currentTail;
         globalSlice.apply(globalBufferedUpdates, BufferedUpdates.MAX_INT);
       }
-      return globalBufferedUpdates.any();
-    } finally {
-      globalBufferLock.unlock();
-    }
-  }
-
-  public int getBufferedUpdatesTermsSize() {
-    globalBufferLock.lock();
-    try {
-      forceApplyGlobalSlice();
       return globalBufferedUpdates.deleteTerms.size();
     } finally {
-      globalBufferLock.unlock();
+      lock.unlock();
     }
   }