diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/FaultTolerantChunkOrientedTasklet.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/FaultTolerantChunkOrientedTasklet.java
index f2602d07b..82e4f2712 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/FaultTolerantChunkOrientedTasklet.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/FaultTolerantChunkOrientedTasklet.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.SkipListener;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.ItemSkipPolicy;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.SkipLimitExceededException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.NonSkippableReadException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.SkipListenerFailedException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
@@ -185,9 +185,7 @@ public class FaultTolerantChunkOrientedTasklet<T, S> extends AbstractItemOriente
 					logger.debug("Skipping failed input", e);
 				}
 				else {
-					// skip doesn't apply -> rethrow as if skip limit of zero
-					// was exceeded
-					throw new SkipLimitExceededException(0, e);
+					throw new NonSkippableReadException("Non-skippable exception during read", e);
 				}
 
 			}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
index 5c8c7eca3..d654575c3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.ItemSkipPolicy;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.LimitCheckingItemSkipPolicy;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.NonSkippableReadException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.SkipLimitExceededException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.SkipListenerFailedException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep;
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ public class SkipLimitStepFactoryBean<T, S> extends SimpleStepFactoryBean<T, S>
 		if (retryLimit > 0 || skipLimit > 0 || retryPolicy != null) {
 
 			addFatalExceptionIfMissing(SkipLimitExceededException.class);
+			addFatalExceptionIfMissing(NonSkippableReadException.class);
 			addFatalExceptionIfMissing(SkipListenerFailedException.class);
 			addFatalExceptionIfMissing(RetryException.class);
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/skip/NonSkippableReadException.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/skip/NonSkippableReadException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a76ebdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/skip/NonSkippableReadException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip;
+
+import org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException;
+
+public class NonSkippableReadException extends NestedRuntimeException {
+
+	public NonSkippableReadException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
+	}
+
+}