diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 638acc0d846..9e6ffb9ec47 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-9028: Fixed some test related bugs preventing SSL + ClientAuth from ever being tested (hossman)
 
+* SOLR-9059: NPE in SolrClientCache following collection reload (Joel Bernstein, Ryan Yacyshyn)
+
 Optimizations
 ----------------------
 * SOLR-8722: Don't force a full ZkStateReader refresh on every Overseer operation.
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestSQLHandler.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestSQLHandler.java
index 9eca6db26b8..bf111d67e7e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestSQLHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestSQLHandler.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.stream.ExceptionStream;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.stream.SolrStream;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.io.stream.TupleStream;
 import org.apache.solr.cloud.AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase;
+import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.DocCollection;
+import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.Replica;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -424,6 +426,36 @@ public class TestSQLHandler extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
       assert(tuple.getLong("myInt") == 7);
       assert(tuple.get("myString").equals("a"));
 
+      //Test after reload SOLR-9059//
+      Replica leader = getShardLeader("collection1", "shard1", 30 /* timeout secs */);
+
+      // reload collection and wait to see the core report it has been reloaded
+      boolean wasReloaded = reloadCollection(leader, "collection1");
+      assertTrue(wasReloaded);
+
+      params = new HashMap();
+      params.put(CommonParams.QT, "/sql");
+      params.put("stmt", "select id as myId, field_i as myInt, str_s as myString from collection1 where text='XXXX' AND id='(1 2 3)' order by field_i desc");
+
+      solrStream = new SolrStream(jetty.url, params);
+      tuples = getTuples(solrStream);
+
+      assert(tuples.size() == 3);
+
+      tuple = tuples.get(0);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myId") == 3);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myInt") == 20);
+      assert(tuple.get("myString").equals("a"));
+
+      tuple = tuples.get(1);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myId") == 2);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myInt") == 8);
+      assert(tuple.get("myString").equals("b"));
+
+      tuple = tuples.get(2);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myId") == 1);
+      assert(tuple.getLong("myInt") == 7);
+      assert(tuple.get("myString").equals("a"));
 
     } finally {
       delete();
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/SolrClientCache.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/SolrClientCache.java
index cd992a4215c..da9416211d1 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/SolrClientCache.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/SolrClientCache.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class SolrClientCache implements Serializable {
     return client;
   }
 
-  public void close() {
+  public synchronized void close() {
     for(Map.Entry<String, SolrClient> entry : solrClients.entrySet()) {
       try {
         entry.getValue().close();
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ public class SolrClientCache implements Serializable {
         log.error("Error closing SolrClient for " + entry.getKey(), e);
       }
     }
+    solrClients.clear();
   }
 }