diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index 3c2a2c5cddf..1d63338be9f 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ public class IndexWriter implements Closeable, TwoPhaseCommit {
    */
   public void updateDocument(Term term, IndexDocument doc) throws IOException {
     ensureOpen();
-    updateDocument(term, doc, getAnalyzer());
+    updateDocument(term, doc, analyzer);
   }
 
   /**