diff --git a/hbase-agent/src/test/java/org/apache/ranger/authorization/hbase/HBaseRangerAuthorizationTest.java b/hbase-agent/src/test/java/org/apache/ranger/authorization/hbase/HBaseRangerAuthorizationTest.java
index d973079c7b..d52320a0a2 100644
--- a/hbase-agent/src/test/java/org/apache/ranger/authorization/hbase/HBaseRangerAuthorizationTest.java
+++ b/hbase-agent/src/test/java/org/apache/ranger/authorization/hbase/HBaseRangerAuthorizationTest.java
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ public Void run() throws Exception {
                     Assert.assertEquals(1,numRowsInResult);
                 }
                 catch (IOException ex) {
-                    // expected
+                    throw new Exception(ex);
                 }
                 conn.close();
                 return null;
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ public Void run() throws Exception {
                     Assert.assertEquals(2,numRowsInResult);
                 }
                 catch (IOException ex) {
-                    // expected
+                    throw new Exception(ex);
                 }
                 conn.close();
                 return null;