diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java
index f20b894b362..f9f80f5788b 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public abstract class IndexReader implements Closeable {
     parentReaders.add(reader);
   }
 
-  private void notifyReaderClosedListeners(Throwable th) {
+  private void notifyReaderClosedListeners(Throwable th) throws IOException {
     synchronized(readerClosedListeners) {
       for(ReaderClosedListener listener : readerClosedListeners) {
         try {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public abstract class IndexReader implements Closeable {
           }
         }
       }
-      IOUtils.reThrowUnchecked(th);
+      IOUtils.reThrow(th);
     }
   }