Index: lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene41/Lucene41PostingsReader.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene41/Lucene41PostingsReader.java	(revision 1400743)
+++ lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene41/Lucene41PostingsReader.java	(working copy)
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@
     } else {
       docsEnum = new BlockDocsEnum(fieldInfo);
     }
-    return docsEnum.reset(liveDocs, (IntBlockTermState) termState);
+    return docsEnum.reset(liveDocs, (IntBlockTermState) termState, (flags & DocsEnum.FLAG_FREQS) != 0);
   }
 
-  // TODO: specialize to liveDocs vs not, and freqs vs not
+  // TODO: specialize to liveDocs vs not
   
   @Override
   public DocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState termState, Bits liveDocs,
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@
     private int nextSkipDoc;
 
     private Bits liveDocs;
+    
+    private boolean needsFreq; // true if the caller actually needs frequencies
 
     public BlockDocsEnum(FieldInfo fieldInfo) throws IOException {
       this.startDocIn = Lucene41PostingsReader.this.docIn;
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@
         indexHasPayloads == fieldInfo.hasPayloads();
     }
     
-    public DocsEnum reset(Bits liveDocs, IntBlockTermState termState) throws IOException {
+    public DocsEnum reset(Bits liveDocs, IntBlockTermState termState, boolean needsFreq) throws IOException {
       this.liveDocs = liveDocs;
       // if (DEBUG) {
       //   System.out.println("  FPR.reset: termState=" + termState);
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@
       skipOffset = termState.skipOffset;
 
       doc = -1;
-      if (!indexHasFreq) {
+      if (!indexHasFreq || !needsFreq) {
         Arrays.fill(freqBuffer, 1);
       }
       accum = 0;
@@ -389,6 +391,7 @@
       nextSkipDoc = BLOCK_SIZE - 1; // we won't skip if target is found in first block
       docBufferUpto = BLOCK_SIZE;
       skipped = false;
+      this.needsFreq = needsFreq;
       return this;
     }
     
@@ -416,7 +419,11 @@
           // if (DEBUG) {
           //   System.out.println("    fill freq block from fp=" + docIn.getFilePointer());
           // }
-          forUtil.readBlock(docIn, encoded, freqBuffer);
+          if (needsFreq) {
+            forUtil.readBlock(docIn, encoded, freqBuffer);
+          } else {
+            forUtil.skipBlock(docIn);
+          }
         }
       } else {
         // Read vInts: