diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 8e12f573dba..fa04f3bb56a 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ Other Changes
 
 * SOLR-6830: Update Woodstox to 4.4.1 and StAX to 3.1.4. (ab)
 
+* SOLR-6918: No need to log exceptions (as warn) generated when creating MBean stats if
+  the core is shutting down (Timothy Potter)
+
 ==================  4.10.3 ==================
 
 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/JmxMonitoredMap.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/JmxMonitoredMap.java
index cea97688165..840cb0d8466 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/JmxMonitoredMap.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/JmxMonitoredMap.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.core;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.store.AlreadyClosedException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig.JmxConfiguration;
@@ -279,7 +280,9 @@ public class JmxMonitoredMap<K, V> extends
           }
         }
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        LOG.warn("Could not getStatistics on info bean {}", infoBean.getName(), e);
+        // don't log issue if the core is closing
+        if (!(SolrException.getRootCause(e) instanceof AlreadyClosedException))
+          LOG.warn("Could not getStatistics on info bean {}", infoBean.getName(), e);
       }
 
       MBeanAttributeInfo[] attrInfoArr = attrInfoList
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/ReplicationHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/ReplicationHandler.java
index 6237561a242..ec4bc67824e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/ReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/ReplicationHandler.java
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ public class ReplicationHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements SolrCoreAw
     NamedList list = super.getStatistics();
     if (core != null) {
       list.add("indexSize", NumberUtils.readableSize(getIndexSize()));
-      CommitVersionInfo vInfo = getIndexVersion();
+      CommitVersionInfo vInfo = (core != null && !core.isClosed()) ? getIndexVersion(): null;
       list.add("indexVersion", null == vInfo ? 0 : vInfo.version);
       list.add(GENERATION, null == vInfo ? 0 : vInfo.generation);