diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java
index 7e70830a98..ed7ce56443 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit4/SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
@@ -214,7 +214,14 @@ public class SpringJUnit4ClassRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
 			notifier.fireTestIgnored(description);
 		}
 		else {
-			runLeaf(methodBlock(frameworkMethod), description, notifier);
+			Statement statement;
+			try {
+				statement = methodBlock(frameworkMethod);
+			}
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				statement = new Fail(ex);
+			}
+			runLeaf(statement, description, notifier);
 		}
 	}