diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/TimeLimitingBulkScorer.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/TimeLimitingBulkScorer.java
index 5e33884ea4ff..517f0a0e77b2 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/TimeLimitingBulkScorer.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/TimeLimitingBulkScorer.java
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ static class TimeExceededException extends RuntimeException {
     private TimeExceededException() {
       super("TimeLimit Exceeded");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
+      // never re-thrown so we can save the expensive stacktrace
+      return this;
+    }
   }
 
   private final BulkScorer in;