diff --git a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
index 25ec5dc866..0e66140744 100644
--- a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
+++ b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/bytes/BytesInput.java
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void writeInto(ByteBuffer buffer) {
         }
         buffer.position(pos + byteCount);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        new RuntimeException("Exception occurred during reading input stream", e);
+        throw new RuntimeException("Exception occurred during reading input stream", e);
       }
     }