diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
index f3baafb0b..b601d80bc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.pgm;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.RepositoryNotFoundException;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class ReceivePack extends TextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void run() throws Exception {
+	protected void run() {
 		final org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack rp;
 
 		try {
@@ -75,9 +76,15 @@ class ReceivePack extends TextBuiltin {
 		} catch (RepositoryNotFoundException notFound) {
 			throw die(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().notAGitRepository,
 					dstGitdir.getPath()));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw die(e.getMessage(), e);
 		}
 
 		rp = new org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack(db);
-		rp.receive(ins, outs, errs);
+		try {
+			rp.receive(ins, outs, errs);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw die(e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
 	}
 }