diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
index a22ec8dcdff..2260d8ee7d0 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/test/org/apache/lucene/bkdtree3d/TestGeo3DPointField.java
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ public class TestGeo3DPointField extends LuceneTestCase {
                 hits.add(docID);
               }
             }
-            break;
+            continue;
           case GeoArea.OVERLAPS:
             if (VERBOSE) {
               log.println("    GeoArea.OVERLAPS: keep splitting");