diff --git a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
index 88bb1da7cf..0cb89ea7a7 100644
--- a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
+++ b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void writeInto(ByteBuffer buffer) {
         Channels.newChannel(in).read(workBuf);
         buffer.position(pos + byteCount);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        new RuntimeException("Exception occurred during reading input stream", e);
+        throw new RuntimeException("Exception occurred during reading input stream", e);
       }
     }