diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NIOFSDirectory.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NIOFSDirectory.java
index 84f1a7ff899..b7392904fd1 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NIOFSDirectory.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/store/NIOFSDirectory.java
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ public class NIOFSDirectory extends FSDirectory {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void seekInternal(long pos) throws IOException {}
+    protected void seekInternal(long pos) throws IOException {
+      if (pos > length()) {
+        throw new EOFException("read past EOF: pos=" + pos + " vs length=" + length() + ": " + this);
+      }
+    }
   }
 }