diff --git a/src/java/com/scylladb/tools/BulkLoader.java b/src/java/com/scylladb/tools/BulkLoader.java
index babc9628b7..eed58d9c6f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/scylladb/tools/BulkLoader.java
+++ b/src/java/com/scylladb/tools/BulkLoader.java
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ public static SSTableReader openFile(Pair<Descriptor, Set<Component>> p, CFMetaD
             // number of keys for each endpoint. See CASSANDRA-5555 for
             // details.
             return openForBatch(p.left, p.right, cfm);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.warn("Skipping file {}, error opening it: {}", p.left.baseFilename(), e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;