diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
index 0dda6eb08c..82a34c23df 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 			}
 		}
 		catch( SQLException sqle ) {
-			JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(
+			throw JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(
 					getFactory().getSQLExceptionConverter(),
 					sqle,
 					"unable to select generated column values",