diff --git a/lucene/benchmark-jmh/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/jmh/DocIdEncodingBenchmark.java b/lucene/benchmark-jmh/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/jmh/DocIdEncodingBenchmark.java
index 567bf251ec2..8b8faf26c00 100644
--- a/lucene/benchmark-jmh/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/jmh/DocIdEncodingBenchmark.java
+++ b/lucene/benchmark-jmh/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/jmh/DocIdEncodingBenchmark.java
@@ -58,8 +58,18 @@ public class DocIdEncodingBenchmark {
 
   private static final List<int[]> docIdSequences = new ArrayList<>();
 
+  private static final int INPUT_SCALE_FACTOR;
+
   static {
-    String inputFilePath = System.getProperty("docIdEncoding.input_file");
+    String inputScaleFactor = System.getProperty("docIdEncoding.inputScaleFactor");
+
+    if (inputScaleFactor != null) {
+      INPUT_SCALE_FACTOR = Integer.parseInt(inputScaleFactor);
+    } else {
+      INPUT_SCALE_FACTOR = 2_00_000;
+    }
+
+    String inputFilePath = System.getProperty("docIdEncoding.inputFile");
     Scanner fileReader = null;
     try {
       if (inputFilePath != null) {
@@ -94,8 +104,6 @@ public class DocIdEncodingBenchmark {
   @Param({"encode", "decode"})
   String methodName;
 
-  private static final int INPUT_SCALE_FACTOR = 2_00_000;
-
   private DocIdEncoder docIdEncoder;
 
   private Path tmpDir;