diff --git a/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestDrillSideways.java b/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestDrillSideways.java
index 4e3e1bccde3..9772f90d44d 100644
--- a/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestDrillSideways.java
+++ b/lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/search/TestDrillSideways.java
@@ -28,11 +28,15 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.MockAnalyzer;
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec;
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesFormat;
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield.PerFieldDocValuesFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Field;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.StringField;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.FacetTestCase;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.FacetTestUtils;
+import org.apache.lucene.facet.codecs.facet42.Facet42DocValuesFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.index.FacetFields;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.params.FacetIndexingParams;
 import org.apache.lucene.facet.params.FacetSearchParams;
@@ -58,8 +62,8 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.ScoreDoc;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Scorer;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
-import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField.Type;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TermQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TopDocs;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
@@ -429,6 +433,16 @@ public class TestDrillSideways extends FacetTestCase {
 
     boolean canUseDV = defaultCodecSupportsSortedSet();
 
+    // TestRuleSetupAndRestoreClassEnv can sometimes
+    // randomly pick the non-general Facet42DocValuesFormat:
+    DocValuesFormat dvf = Codec.getDefault().docValuesFormat();
+    if (dvf instanceof PerFieldDocValuesFormat) {
+      dvf = ((PerFieldDocValuesFormat) dvf).getDocValuesFormatForField("$facets");
+    }
+    if (dvf instanceof Facet42DocValuesFormat) {
+      canUseDV = false;
+    }
+
     while (aChance == 0.0) {
       aChance = random().nextDouble();
     }