diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/IndexSearcher.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/IndexSearcher.java
index 1633203dd95..84df73854c3 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/IndexSearcher.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/IndexSearcher.java
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ public class IndexSearcher {
     public TopFieldDocs call() throws IOException {
       assert slice.leaves.length == 1;
       return searcher.search(Arrays.asList(slice.leaves),
-          weight, after, nDocs, sort, true, doDocScores || sort.needsScores(), doMaxScore);
+          weight, after, nDocs, sort, true, doDocScores, doMaxScore);
     }
   }