diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo.java
index 3d4f4fd9819..7e4c7867ffa 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public final class RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo extends RunListener {
 
   /** print some useful debugging information about the environment */
   private static void printDebuggingInformation() {
-    if (classEnvRule != null) {
+    if (classEnvRule != null && classEnvRule.isInitialized()) {
       System.err.println("NOTE: test params are: codec=" + classEnvRule.codec +
           ", sim=" + classEnvRule.similarity +
           ", locale=" + classEnvRule.locale.toLanguageTag() +
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public final class RunListenerPrintReproduceInfo extends RunListener {
 
     // Environment.
     if (!TEST_LINE_DOCS_FILE.equals(DEFAULT_LINE_DOCS_FILE)) addVmOpt(b, "tests.linedocsfile", TEST_LINE_DOCS_FILE);
-    if (classEnvRule != null) {
+    if (classEnvRule != null && classEnvRule.isInitialized()) {
       addVmOpt(b, "tests.locale", classEnvRule.locale.toLanguageTag());
       if (classEnvRule.timeZone != null) {
         addVmOpt(b, "tests.timezone", classEnvRule.timeZone.getID());
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv.java b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv.java
index 279305e7cfb..0e4facc5249 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv.java
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv.java
@@ -72,13 +72,17 @@ final class TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv extends AbstractBeforeAfterRule {
   Similarity similarity;
   Codec codec;
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the rule has executed its {@link #before()} method fully.
+   */
+  private boolean initialized;
+
   /**
    * @see SuppressCodecs
    */
   HashSet<String> avoidCodecs;
 
   static class ThreadNameFixingPrintStreamInfoStream extends PrintStreamInfoStream {
-
     public ThreadNameFixingPrintStreamInfoStream(PrintStream out) {
       super(out);
     }
@@ -99,6 +103,10 @@ final class TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv extends AbstractBeforeAfterRule {
       stream.println(component + " " + messageID + " [" + getTimestamp() + "; " + name + "]: " + message);    
     }
   }
+  
+  public boolean isInitialized() {
+    return initialized;
+  }
 
   @Override
   protected void before() throws Exception {
@@ -113,7 +121,6 @@ final class TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv extends AbstractBeforeAfterRule {
     if (VERBOSE) {
       System.out.println("Loaded codecs: " + Codec.availableCodecs());
       System.out.println("Loaded postingsFormats: " + PostingsFormat.availablePostingsFormats());
-
     }
 
     savedInfoStream = InfoStream.getDefault();
@@ -235,6 +242,8 @@ final class TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv extends AbstractBeforeAfterRule {
     }
 
     LuceneTestCase.setLiveIWCFlushMode(flushMode);
+
+    initialized = true;
   }
 
   /**