diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/ItemSkipPolicyItemHandler.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/ItemSkipPolicyItemHandler.java
index da0aa10ad..d6e81221d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/ItemSkipPolicyItemHandler.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/ItemSkipPolicyItemHandler.java
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ public class ItemSkipPolicyItemHandler extends SimpleItemHandler {
 				contribution.incrementSkipCount();
 				skip();
 			}
-			else {
-				// Rethrow so that outer transaction is rolled back properly
-				throw e;
-			}
+			// Rethrow so that outer transaction is rolled back properly
+			throw e;
 
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/rollbackJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/rollbackJob.xml
index 358df01e2..3d58652e6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/rollbackJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/rollbackJob.xml
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
  			http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
 
 	<import resource="tradeJobIo.xml" />
-	<!--import resource="tradeJobAop.xml" /-->
 
 	<bean id="tradeJob" parent="simpleJob">
 		<property name="steps">
 			<list>
 				<bean id="step1" parent="skipLimitStep">
-					<property name="skipLimit" value="5" />
+					<property name="skipLimit" value="1" />
 					<property name="streams" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
 					<property name="itemReader">
 						<bean
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RollbackJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RollbackJobFunctionalTests.java
index 0d696b714..c4e1b7b12 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RollbackJobFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RollbackJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 
 /**
- * Test for job that rolls back a trade that is processed.
+ * Error is encountered during writing - transaction is rolled back and the
+ * error item is skipped on second attempt to process the chunk.
  * 
  * @author Robert Kasanicky
  */
 public class RollbackJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherTests {
 
 	int before = -1;
-	
+
 	JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
-	
+
 	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
 		jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
 	}
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ public class RollbackJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherT
 
 	protected void validatePostConditions() throws Exception {
 		int after = jdbcTemplate.queryForInt("SELECT COUNT(*) from TRADE");
-		assertEquals(before+5, after);
+		// 5 input records, 1 skipped => 4 written to output
+		assertEquals(before + 4, after);
 	}
-	
-	
+
 }