diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
index 1b555caf48f..7812fea1d6d 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ public class ShardSplitTest extends BasicDistributedZkTest {
               }
             }
           } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Exception while adding docs", e);
+            log.error("Exception while adding doc id = " + id, e);
+            // do not select this id for deletion ever
+            deleted.add(String.valueOf(id));
           }
         }
       }