diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/IndexSizeTriggerTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/IndexSizeTriggerTest.java
index d54cf0b9ef2..ee0b68828a8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/IndexSizeTriggerTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/IndexSizeTriggerTest.java
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ public class IndexSizeTriggerTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     }
     solrClient = null;
     cloudManager = null;
+    loader = null;
   }
 
   @Test