diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionIdManager.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionIdManager.java
index 44f5620e43f..c5cb56fd9fb 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionIdManager.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionIdManager.java
@@ -568,22 +568,16 @@ public class JDBCSessionIdManager extends AbstractSessionIdManager
      */
     @Override
     public void doStart()
+    throws Exception
     {
-        try
-        {
-            initializeDatabase();
-            prepareTables();
-            cleanExpiredSessions();
-            super.doStart();
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
-                LOG.debug("Scavenging interval = "+getScavengeInterval()+" sec");
-            _timer=new Timer("JDBCSessionScavenger", true);
-            setScavengeInterval(getScavengeInterval());
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            LOG.warn("Problem initialising JettySessionIds table", e);
-        }
+        initializeDatabase();
+        prepareTables();
+        cleanExpiredSessions();
+        super.doStart();
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+            LOG.debug("Scavenging interval = "+getScavengeInterval()+" sec");
+        _timer=new Timer("JDBCSessionScavenger", true);
+        setScavengeInterval(getScavengeInterval());
     }
 
     /**