diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
index 8c884d65c..3187f0370 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnection.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class JedisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 			return JedisUtils.convertJedisAccessException((IOException) ex);
 		}
 
-		throw new UncategorizedKeyvalueStoreException("Unknown jedis exception", ex);
+		return new UncategorizedKeyvalueStoreException("Unknown jedis exception", ex);
 	}
 
 	@Override