1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/jdisc_http_service/src/main/java/com/yahoo/jdisc/http/client/ChunkedRequest.java b/jdisc_http_service/src/main/java/com/yahoo/jdisc/http/client/ChunkedRequest.java
index 862074d4b15..6da40f3c443 100644
--- a/jdisc_http_service/src/main/java/com/yahoo/jdisc/http/client/ChunkedRequest.java
+++ b/jdisc_http_service/src/main/java/com/yahoo/jdisc/http/client/ChunkedRequest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ final class ChunkedRequest {
         RequestBuilder builder = RequestBuilderFactory.newInstance(request, method);
         ChunkedRequestContent content = new ChunkedRequestContent(request);
         builder.setBody(content);
-        ningClient.executeRequest(builder.build(), new AsyncResponseHandler(request, handler, metric, ctx));
+        try {
+            ningClient.executeRequest(builder.build(), new AsyncResponseHandler(request, handler, metric, ctx));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
         return content;
     }
 }