diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat.java
index a432662a49c..7ef00c15496 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat.java
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ public class TestHFileOutputFormat  {
         Compression.Algorithm algo = Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(algoName);
         algo.getCompressor();
         supportedAlgos.add(algo);
-      }catch (Exception e) {
+      } catch (Throwable t) {
         // this algo is not available
       }
     }