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 ebdc75eca..b91e85ce5 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
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class SkipLimitStepFactoryBean extends SimpleStepFactoryBean {
 			SimpleLimitExceptionHandler exceptionHandler = new SimpleLimitExceptionHandler();
 			exceptionHandler.setLimit(skipLimit);
 			exceptionHandler.setExceptionClasses(skippableExceptionClasses);
-			setExceptionHandler(new SimpleLimitExceptionHandler(skipLimit));
+			setExceptionHandler(exceptionHandler);
 			getStepOperations().setExceptionHandler(getExceptionHandler());
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBeanTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBeanTests.java
index ed507b149..09b1ecf1e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ParseException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ResetFailedException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.Skippable;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.UnexpectedInputException;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatException;
 import org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager;
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ public class SkipLimitStepFactoryBeanTests extends TestCase {
 
 	SkipLimitStepFactoryBean tested = new SkipLimitStepFactoryBean();
 
-	Class[] skippableExceptions = new Class[] { SkippableException.class, SkippableRuntimeException.class };
+	// TODO checked exceptions are wrapped as RepeatExceptions by the chunkOperations#exceptionHandler
+	Class[] skippableExceptions = new Class[] { RepeatException.class, SkippableException.class, SkippableRuntimeException.class };
 
 	final int SKIP_LIMIT = 2;