diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/DatabasePopulatorUtils.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/DatabasePopulatorUtils.java
index 534df4a082..b8de5191ae 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/DatabasePopulatorUtils.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/DatabasePopulatorUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ public abstract class DatabasePopulatorUtils {
 				DataSourceUtils.releaseConnection(connection, dataSource);
 			}
 		}
+		catch (ScriptException ex){
+			throw ex;
+		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
-			if (ex instanceof ScriptException) {
-				throw (ScriptException) ex;
-			}
 			throw new UncategorizedScriptException("Failed to execute database script", ex);
 		}
 	}