diff --git a/src/share/classes/jdk/net/Sockets.java b/src/share/classes/jdk/net/Sockets.java
index ef75631a0c83ef436aca3e24dae361331a451bd7..2b31a1d5727eedd8f1a5888a9f4bce2044c181eb 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/jdk/net/Sockets.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/jdk/net/Sockets.java
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ public class Sockets {
                 Throwable t = ((InvocationTargetException)e).getTargetException();
                 if (t instanceof IOException) {
                     throw (IOException)t;
+                } else if (t instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                    throw (RuntimeException)t;
                 }
             }
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ public class Sockets {
                 Throwable t = ((InvocationTargetException)e).getTargetException();
                 if (t instanceof IOException) {
                     throw (IOException)t;
+                } else if (t instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                    throw (RuntimeException)t;
                 }
             }
             throw new RuntimeException(e);