diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/facade/MavenFacadeManager.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/facade/MavenFacadeManager.java
index 809062d28ad6..48591c8face0 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/facade/MavenFacadeManager.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/facade/MavenFacadeManager.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public class MavenFacadeManager {
         myFacade.set(myLogger, myDownloadListener);
       }
       catch (Exception e) {
+        if (e instanceof RuntimeException) throw (RuntimeException)e;
         throw new RuntimeException(e);
       }
     }