diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/recovery/JobManagerCheckpointRecoveryITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/recovery/JobManagerCheckpointRecoveryITCase.java
index 51a0765422e57a77e7c945b1170a800ece515f2e..4acc1fde243cea400010b8ac89c0e6c70736136b 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/recovery/JobManagerCheckpointRecoveryITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/recovery/JobManagerCheckpointRecoveryITCase.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class JobManagerCheckpointRecoveryITCase extends TestLogger {
 				jobManagerProcess[1].printProcessLog();
 			}
 
-			t.printStackTrace();
+			throw t;
 		}
 		finally {
 			if (jobManagerProcess[0] != null) {