diff --git a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMaxPositionInOldIndex.java b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMaxPositionInOldIndex.java
index 87625d20674..3608b8067e7 100644
--- a/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMaxPositionInOldIndex.java
+++ b/lucene/backward-codecs/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMaxPositionInOldIndex.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class BuildMaxPositionIndex {
     BaseDirectoryWrapper dir = newFSDirectory(path);
     dir.setCheckIndexOnClose(false);
     RuntimeException expected = expectThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> {
-      TestUtil.checkIndex(dir, false, true);
+      TestUtil.checkIndex(dir, false, true, null);
     });
     assertTrue(expected.getMessage().contains("pos 2147483647 > IndexWriter.MAX_POSITION=2147483519"));