diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index a141bbea6940..e8816607773f 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ Optimizations
 * GITHUB#14193: Add Automata.makeCharSet() and makeCharClass() that return minimal DFA
   for lists of characters and ranges. Use them in RegExp parser.  (Robert Muir)
 
-* GITHUB#14176: Reduce when visiting bpv24-encoded doc ids in BKD leaves. (Guo Feng)
+* GITHUB#14176: Reduce virtual call when visiting bpv24-encoded doc ids in BKD leaves. (Guo Feng)
 
 * GITHUB#14269: Implement #intoBitset for DocIdSetIterator#all and DocIdSetIterator#range. (Guo Feng)
 
+* GITHUB#14272: Use DocIdSetIterator#range for continuous-id BKD leaves. (Guo Feng)
+
 Bug Fixes
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/DocIdsWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/DocIdsWriter.java
index 805d7079b981..d188e1881d5b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/DocIdsWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/bkd/DocIdsWriter.java
@@ -324,12 +324,7 @@ private void readBitSet(IndexInput in, int count, IntersectVisitor visitor) thro
   private static void readContinuousIds(IndexInput in, int count, IntersectVisitor visitor)
       throws IOException {
     int start = in.readVInt();
-    int extra = start & 63;
-    int offset = start - extra;
-    int numBits = count + extra;
-    FixedBitSet bitSet = new FixedBitSet(numBits);
-    bitSet.set(extra, numBits);
-    visitor.visit(new DocBaseBitSetIterator(bitSet, count, offset));
+    visitor.visit(DocIdSetIterator.range(start, start + count));
   }
 
   private static void readLegacyDeltaVInts(IndexInput in, int count, IntersectVisitor visitor)