diff --git a/lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyLikeThisQuery.java b/lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyLikeThisQuery.java
index 989a4c58b9e..9b0f72b3439 100644
--- a/lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyLikeThisQuery.java
+++ b/lucene/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/FuzzyLikeThisQuery.java
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ public class FuzzyLikeThisQuery extends Query
                           variantsQ.insertWithOverflow(st);
                           minScore = variantsQ.top().score; // maintain minScore
                         }
+                        boostAtt.setMaxNonCompetitiveBoost(variantsQ.size() >= MAX_VARIANTS_PER_TERM ? minScore : Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
                       }
                     }