diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointField.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointField.java
index 2945436323b4..23f4d5882968 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointField.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointField.java
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ public List<IndexableField> createFields(SchemaField sf, Object value) {
 
   @Override
   public SortField getSortField(SchemaField field, boolean top) {
-    return getNumericSort(field, getNumberType(), top);
+    SortField sf = getNumericSort(field, getNumberType(), top);
+    // if indexed=true, points can be used for skipping over non competitive docs.
+    sf.setCanUsePoints();
+    return sf;
   }
   
 }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrIndexSearcher.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrIndexSearcher.java
index a87fdfb91608..6f294ef6797b 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrIndexSearcher.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/SolrIndexSearcher.java
@@ -1509,7 +1509,6 @@ private TopDocsCollector buildTopDocsCollector(int len, QueryCommand cmd) throws
       // we have a sort
       final Sort weightedSort = weightSort(cmd.getSort());
       final CursorMark cursor = cmd.getCursorMark();
-
       final FieldDoc searchAfter = (null != cursor ? cursor.getSearchAfterFieldDoc() : null);
       return TopFieldCollector.create(weightedSort, len, searchAfter, minNumFound);
     }