diff --git a/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/path/PathHierarchyTokenizer.java b/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/path/PathHierarchyTokenizer.java
index c4450f4878d..37557755d53 100644
--- a/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/path/PathHierarchyTokenizer.java
+++ b/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/path/PathHierarchyTokenizer.java
@@ -195,5 +195,6 @@ public class PathHierarchyTokenizer extends Tokenizer {
     charsRead = 0;
     endDelimiter = false;
     skipped = 0;
+    startPosition = 0;
   }
 }