diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CloudStateUpdateTest.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CloudStateUpdateTest.java
index 471daed08c0..1e61804ac0d 100644
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CloudStateUpdateTest.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CloudStateUpdateTest.java
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ public class CloudStateUpdateTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4  {
 
     assertTrue(container1.getZkController().getCloudState().liveNodesContain(
         container2.getZkController().getNodeName()));
-    core.close();
+
+    // core.close();  // this core is managed by container1 now
   }
 
   @Override