diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterOnDiskFull.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterOnDiskFull.java
index 78f59300e32..a9a9254badc 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterOnDiskFull.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestIndexWriterOnDiskFull.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class TestIndexWriterOnDiskFull extends LuceneTestCase {
                 System.out.println("TEST: now close");
               }
               writer.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | IllegalStateException e) {
               if (VERBOSE) {
                 System.out.println("TEST: exception on close; retry w/ no disk space limit");
                 e.printStackTrace(System.out);