diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java
index c1d55bca689..8a37f8d3056 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ public class CloudSolrClient extends SolrClient {
     }
     List<String> theUrlList = new ArrayList<>();
     if (ADMIN_PATHS.contains(request.getPath())) {
-      Set<String> liveNodes = getLiveNodes();
+      Set<String> liveNodes = stateProvider.liveNodes();
       for (String liveNode : liveNodes) {
         theUrlList.add(ZkStateReader.getBaseUrlForNodeName(liveNode,
             (String) stateProvider.getClusterProperties().getOrDefault(ZkStateReader.URL_SCHEME,"http")));
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ public class CloudSolrClient extends SolrClient {
         Collection<Slice> routeSlices = col.getRouter().getSearchSlices(shardKeys, reqParams , col);
         ClientUtils.addSlices(slices, collectionName, routeSlices, true);
       }
-      Set<String> liveNodes = getLiveNodes();
+      Set<String> liveNodes = stateProvider.liveNodes();
 
       List<String> leaderUrlList = null;
       List<String> urlList = null;
@@ -1339,10 +1339,6 @@ public class CloudSolrClient extends SolrClient {
     return rsp.getResponse();
   }
 
-  private Set<String> getLiveNodes() {
-    return getZkStateReader().getClusterState().getLiveNodes();
-  }
-
   Set<String> getCollectionNames(String collection) {
     // Extract each comma separated collection name and store in a List.
     List<String> rawCollectionsList = StrUtils.splitSmart(collection, ",", true);