diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/SortingResponseWriter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/SortingResponseWriter.java
index ec53da500ac..99bf252576c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/SortingResponseWriter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/SortingResponseWriter.java
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ public class SortingResponseWriter implements QueryResponseWriter {
   public void write(Writer writer, SolrQueryRequest req, SolrQueryResponse res) throws IOException {
     Exception e1 = res.getException();
     if(e1 != null) {
-      e1.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
+      if(!(e1 instanceof IgnoreException)) {
+        e1.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(writer));
+      }
       return;
     }
     SolrRequestInfo info = SolrRequestInfo.getRequestInfo();
@@ -175,8 +177,7 @@ public class SortingResponseWriter implements QueryResponseWriter {
         while(ex != null) {
           String m = ex.getMessage();
           if(m != null && m.contains("Broken pipe")) {
-            logger.info("Early client disconnect during export");
-            return;
+            throw new IgnoreException();
           }
           ex = ex.getCause();
         }
@@ -194,7 +195,16 @@ public class SortingResponseWriter implements QueryResponseWriter {
     writer.flush();
   }
 
+  public static class IgnoreException extends IOException {
+    public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw) {
+      pw.print("Early Client Disconnect");
 
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+      return "Early Client Disconnect";
+    }
+  }
 
 
   protected void writeDoc(SortDoc sortDoc,