diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/Token.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/Token.java
index 3a981a9ae3f..96ee2018c30 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/Token.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/Token.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class Token<T extends TokenIdentifier> implements Writable {
           try {
             TokenIdentifier id = tokenIdentifiers.next();
             tokenKindMap.put(id.getKind(), id.getClass());
-          } catch (ServiceConfigurationError e) {
+          } catch (ServiceConfigurationError | LinkageError e) {
             // failure to load a token implementation
             // log at debug and continue.
             LOG.debug("Failed to load token identifier implementation", e);