diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncTableResultScanner.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncTableResultScanner.java
index cd5d5adb290..7fe6d120c3f 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncTableResultScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncTableResultScanner.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.Queue;
-
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.metrics.ScanMetrics;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FutureUtils;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.metrics.ScanMetrics;
+
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 
 /**
  * The {@link ResultScanner} implementation for {@link AsyncTable}. It will fetch data automatically
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ class AsyncTableResultScanner implements ResultScanner, AdvancedScanResultConsum
         return null;
       }
       if (error != null) {
-        Throwables.propagateIfPossible(error, IOException.class);
-        throw new IOException(error);
+        FutureUtils.rethrow(error);
       }
       try {
         wait();
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FutureUtils.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FutureUtils.java
index dfd9ead2785..67a7d84b26f 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FutureUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FutureUtils.java
@@ -139,19 +139,23 @@ public final class FutureUtils {
     error.setStackTrace(newStackTrace);
   }
 
-  private static IOException rethrow(ExecutionException error) throws IOException {
-    Throwable cause = error.getCause();
-    if (cause instanceof IOException) {
-      setStackTrace(cause);
-      throw (IOException) cause;
-    } else if (cause instanceof RuntimeException) {
-      setStackTrace(cause);
-      throw (RuntimeException) cause;
-    } else if (cause instanceof Error) {
-      setStackTrace(cause);
-      throw (Error) cause;
+  /**
+   * If we could propagate the given {@code error} directly, we will fill the stack trace with the
+   * current thread's stack trace so it is easier to trace where is the exception thrown. If not, we
+   * will just create a new IOException and then throw it.
+   */
+  public static IOException rethrow(Throwable error) throws IOException {
+    if (error instanceof IOException) {
+      setStackTrace(error);
+      throw (IOException) error;
+    } else if (error instanceof RuntimeException) {
+      setStackTrace(error);
+      throw (RuntimeException) error;
+    } else if (error instanceof Error) {
+      setStackTrace(error);
+      throw (Error) error;
     } else {
-      throw new IOException(cause);
+      throw new IOException(error);
     }
   }
 
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ public final class FutureUtils {
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       throw (IOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      throw rethrow(e);
+      throw rethrow(e.getCause());
     }
   }
 
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ public final class FutureUtils {
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       throw (IOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      throw rethrow(e);
+      throw rethrow(e.getCause());
     } catch (TimeoutException e) {
       throw new TimeoutIOException(e);
     }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFutureUtils.java b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFutureUtils.java
index 0eef0a6fc51..f09d9473972 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFutureUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestFutureUtils.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.startsWith;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;