diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/DatabaseMetaDataImpl.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/DatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
index 3ed9e37a158..6d3ee5dde65 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/DatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/DatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class DatabaseMetaDataImpl implements DatabaseMetaData {
 
   @Override
   public ResultSet getTypeInfo() throws SQLException {
-    return null;
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
 
   @Override