diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/db/DBOutputFormat.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/db/DBOutputFormat.java
index b6f151ac90..764f31d635 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/db/DBOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/db/DBOutputFormat.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public void write(K key, V value) throws IOException {
         key.write(statement);
         statement.addBatch();
       } catch (SQLException e) {
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        throw new IOException("Failed to execute SQL statement for key " + key, e);
       }
     }
   }