diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
index 87b99411a185..b9bcf7b254b6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/TestReplicationHandler.java
@@ -1323,7 +1323,9 @@ public void doTestIndexAndConfigAliasReplication() throws Exception {
     slaveClient.commit();
 
     slaveQueryRsp = rQuery(1, "id:2001", slaveClient);
-    SolrDocument d = ((SolrDocumentList) slaveQueryRsp.get("response")).get(0);
+    final SolrDocumentList sdl = (SolrDocumentList) slaveQueryRsp.get("response");
+    assertEquals(1, sdl.getNumFound());
+    final SolrDocument d = sdl.get(0);
     assertEquals("n2001", (String) d.getFieldValue("newname"));
     
     checkForSingleIndex(masterJetty);