diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfig.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfig.java
index 2c42fa7e449..efc9dcfc79f 100644
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfig.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.solr.core;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter;
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.admin.ShowFileRequestHandler;
+import org.apache.solr.request.SolrQueryRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.search.SolrIndexReader;
 import org.apache.solr.search.SolrIndexSearcher;
 import org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2;
@@ -140,9 +141,9 @@ public class TestConfig extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     IndexReaderFactory irf = h.getCore().getIndexReaderFactory();
     StandardIndexReaderFactory sirf = (StandardIndexReaderFactory) irf;
     assertEquals(12, sirf.termInfosIndexDivisor);
-    RefCounted<SolrIndexSearcher> refCounted = h.getCore().getSearcher();
-    SolrIndexReader solrReader = refCounted.get().getReader();
-    assertEquals(12, solrReader.getTermInfosIndexDivisor());
+    SolrQueryRequest req = req();
+    assertEquals(12, req.getSearcher().getReader().getTermInfosIndexDivisor());
+    req.close();
   }