diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
index 595ac0881408..a6c3bc81afd9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/cache/Cache.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class Cache<K, V> {
                         }).get();
                     }
                 } catch (ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("future should be a completedFuture for which get should not throw", e);
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(e);
                 }
             }
             return Tuple.tuple(entry, existing);