diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/SortedNumericDocValuesRangeQuery.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/SortedNumericDocValuesRangeQuery.java
index e72c0f810619..4b964739667a 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/SortedNumericDocValuesRangeQuery.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/SortedNumericDocValuesRangeQuery.java
@@ -129,21 +129,16 @@ public ScorerSupplier scorerSupplier(LeafReaderContext context) throws IOExcepti
         }
 
         int maxDoc = context.reader().maxDoc();
-        DocValuesSkipper skipper = context.reader().getDocValuesSkipper(field);
-        if (skipper != null) {
-          if (skipper.minValue() > upperValue || skipper.maxValue() < lowerValue) {
-            return null;
-          }
-          if (skipper.docCount() == maxDoc
-              && skipper.minValue() >= lowerValue
-              && skipper.maxValue() <= upperValue) {
-
-            return ConstantScoreScorerSupplier.matchAll(score(), scoreMode, maxDoc);
-          }
+        int count = docCount(context);
+        if (count == 0) {
+          return null;
+        } else if (count == 1) {
+          return ConstantScoreScorerSupplier.matchAll(score(), scoreMode, maxDoc);
         }
 
         SortedNumericDocValues values = DocValues.getSortedNumeric(context.reader(), field);
         final NumericDocValues singleton = DocValues.unwrapSingleton(values);
+        final DocValuesSkipper skipper = context.reader().getDocValuesSkipper(field);
         TwoPhaseIterator iterator;
         if (singleton != null) {
           if (skipper != null) {
@@ -199,19 +194,30 @@ public float matchCost() {
 
       @Override
       public int count(LeafReaderContext context) throws IOException {
-        DocValuesSkipper skipper = context.reader().getDocValuesSkipper(field);
-        if (skipper == null) {
-          return -1;
-        }
-        if (skipper.minValue() > upperValue || skipper.maxValue() < lowerValue) {
-          return 0;
-        }
-        if (skipper.docCount() == context.reader().maxDoc()
-            && skipper.minValue() >= lowerValue
-            && skipper.maxValue() <= upperValue) {
+        int cnt = docCount(context);
+        return switch (cnt) {
+          case 1 -> context.reader().numDocs();
+          default -> cnt;
+        };
+      }
 
-          return context.reader().numDocs();
+      /* Returning 1 instead of LeafReader#numDocs as it may run in O(maxDoc)
+       * which is unnecessary when docCount is invoked from ScorerSupplier
+       */
+      private int docCount(LeafReaderContext context) throws IOException {
+        final DocValuesSkipper skipper = context.reader().getDocValuesSkipper(field);
+        if (skipper != null) {
+          if (skipper.minValue() > upperValue || skipper.maxValue() < lowerValue) {
+            return 0;
+          }
+          if (skipper.docCount() == context.reader().maxDoc()
+              && skipper.minValue() >= lowerValue
+              && skipper.maxValue() <= upperValue) {
+
+            return 1;
+          }
         }
+
         return -1;
       }
     };