diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
index a305d73f2e2..8d3244e8d37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhase.java
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ public class QueryPhase implements SearchPhase {
 
             if (searchContext.searchType() == SearchType.COUNT) {
                 CountCollector countCollector = new CountCollector();
-                try {
-                    searchContext.searcher().search(query, countCollector);
-                } catch (ScanCollector.StopCollectingException e) {
-                    // all is well
-                }
+                searchContext.searcher().search(query, countCollector);
                 topDocs = countCollector.topDocs();
             } else if (searchContext.searchType() == SearchType.SCAN) {
                 ScanCollector scanCollector = new ScanCollector(searchContext.from(), searchContext.size(), searchContext.trackScores());