diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.java
index 82664b23623..cadb5a735c5 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.java
@@ -91,44 +91,40 @@ public static SolrCore getCore(
         String syntheticCollectionName = getSyntheticCollectionName(confName);
 
         DocCollection syntheticColl = clusterState.getCollectionOrNull(syntheticCollectionName);
-        synchronized (CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.class) {
-          if (syntheticColl == null) {
-            // no synthetic collection for this config, let's create one
-            if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
-              log.info(
-                  "synthetic collection: {} does not exist, creating.. ", syntheticCollectionName);
-            }
+        if (syntheticColl == null) {
+          // no synthetic collection for this config, let's create one
+          if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
+            log.info(
+                "synthetic collection: {} does not exist, creating.. ", syntheticCollectionName);
+          }
 
-            SolrException createException = null;
-            try {
-              createColl(syntheticCollectionName, solrCall.cores, confName);
-            } catch (SolrException exception) {
-              // concurrent requests could have created the collection hence causing collection
-              // exists
-              // exception
-              createException = exception;
-            } finally {
-              syntheticColl =
-                  zkStateReader.getClusterState().getCollectionOrNull(syntheticCollectionName);
-            }
+          SolrException createException = null;
+          try {
+            createColl(syntheticCollectionName, solrCall.cores, confName);
+          } catch (SolrException exception) {
+            // concurrent requests could have created the collection hence causing collection exists
+            // exception
+            createException = exception;
+          } finally {
+            syntheticColl =
+                zkStateReader.getClusterState().getCollectionOrNull(syntheticCollectionName);
+          }
 
-            // then indeed the collection was not created properly, either by this or other
-            // concurrent
-            // requests
-            if (syntheticColl == null) {
-              if (createException != null) {
-                throw createException; // rethrow the exception since such collection was not
-                // created
-              } else {
-                throw new SolrException(
-                    SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,
-                    "Could not locate synthetic collection ["
-                        + syntheticCollectionName
-                        + "] after creation!");
-              }
+          // then indeed the collection was not created properly, either by this or other concurrent
+          // requests
+          if (syntheticColl == null) {
+            if (createException != null) {
+              throw createException; // rethrow the exception since such collection was not created
+            } else {
+              throw new SolrException(
+                  SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,
+                  "Could not locate synthetic collection ["
+                      + syntheticCollectionName
+                      + "] after creation!");
             }
           }
-
+        }
+        synchronized (CoordinatorHttpSolrCall.class) {
           // get docCollection again to ensure we get the fresh state
           syntheticColl =
               zkStateReader.getClusterState().getCollectionOrNull(syntheticCollectionName);