diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
index f65efdef94..1344c3b3a6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DataStreamer.java
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ class DataStreamer extends Daemon {
 
             one.releaseBuffer(byteArrayManager);
           }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
           if (!responderClosed) {
             lastException.set(e);
             errorState.setInternalError();