diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/util/Timing.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/util/Timing.java
index f64a40bd50..9a5fa5688a 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/util/Timing.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/util/Timing.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class Timing
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
+            if (e instanceof InterruptedException)
+                throw (InterruptedException) e;
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }