diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
index c7b06f8bcb3..b35f6f9284d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@ public class ShardIndexingService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
         totalStats.indexCurrent.dec();
         typeStats(index.type()).indexCurrent.dec();
         for (IndexingOperationListener listener : listeners) {
-            try {
-                listener.postIndex(index, ex);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.warn("postIndex listener [{}] failed", e, listener);
-            }
+            listener.postIndex(index, ex);
         }
     }