diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jar/BasicJarHandler.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jar/BasicJarHandler.java
index bcb27fa4f7c8..c28105fb2ec4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jar/BasicJarHandler.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jar/BasicJarHandler.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class BasicJarHandler extends ZipHandlerBase {
           myFile = file;
         }
       }
-      catch (IOException e) {
+      catch (IOException|RuntimeException e) {
         myLock.unlock();
         throw e;
       }