diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/hdfs/HdfsTestUtil.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/hdfs/HdfsTestUtil.java
index 873fe17d747..3872167d5ca 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/hdfs/HdfsTestUtil.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/hdfs/HdfsTestUtil.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.solr.cloud.hdfs;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.impl.BlockPoolSlice;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeAdapter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeResourceChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.HATestUtil;
@@ -122,8 +122,21 @@ public class HdfsTestUtil {
    * Ensure that the tests are picking up the modified Hadoop classes
    */
   private static void checkOverriddenHadoopClasses() {
-    List<Class<?>> modifiedHadoopClasses = Arrays.asList(BlockPoolSlice.class, DiskChecker.class,
-        FileUtil.class, HardLink.class, HttpServer2.class, NameNodeResourceChecker.class, RawLocalFileSystem.class);
+    List<Class<?>> modifiedHadoopClasses = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+        DiskChecker.class,
+        FileUtil.class,
+        HardLink.class,
+        HttpServer2.class,
+        NameNodeResourceChecker.class,
+        RawLocalFileSystem.class));
+    // Dodge weird scope errors from the compiler (SOLR-14417)
+    try {
+      modifiedHadoopClasses.add(
+          Class.forName("org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.impl.BlockPoolSlice"));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+
     for (Class<?> clazz : modifiedHadoopClasses) {
       try {
         LuceneTestCase.assertNotNull("Field on " + clazz.getCanonicalName() + " should not have been null",