diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryVisitor.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryVisitor.java
index ac4074ba798d..a97544fda451 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryVisitor.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryVisitor.java
@@ -98,5 +98,11 @@ public void consumeTerms(Query query, Term... terms) {
   }
 
   /** A QueryVisitor implementation that does nothing */
-  public static final QueryVisitor EMPTY_VISITOR = new QueryVisitor() {};
+  public static final QueryVisitor EMPTY_VISITOR =
+      new QueryVisitor() {
+        @Override
+        public boolean acceptField(String field) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      };
 }