diff --git a/snapper/Btrfs.cc b/snapper/Btrfs.cc
index ffeeba7c..0a710cff 100644
--- a/snapper/Btrfs.cc
+++ b/snapper/Btrfs.cc
@@ -478,8 +478,11 @@ namespace snapper
 	}
 	catch (const IOErrorException& e)
 	{
+	    SN_CAUGHT(e);
+
 	    // TODO the openInfoDir above logs an error although when this
 	    // function is used from nextNumber the failure is ok
+
 	    return false;
 	}
     }