diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/BasicChecker.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/BasicChecker.java
index 491dd4711da25041e4212321971ad32e68a6e6fe..d19d5d193e4de4e2ecc414702f99691809a88e12 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/BasicChecker.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/BasicChecker.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class BasicChecker extends PKIXCertPathChecker {
             throw new CertPathValidatorException
                 (msg + " check failed", e, null, -1,
                  BasicReason.INVALID_SIGNATURE);
-        } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new CertPathValidatorException(msg + " check failed", e);
         }