diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/model/SharedStringsTable.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/model/SharedStringsTable.java
index 17b61a1c0..a6890c595 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/model/SharedStringsTable.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/model/SharedStringsTable.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class SharedStringsTable extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
                 cnt++;
             }
         } catch (XmlException e) {
-            throw new IOException(e.getLocalizedMessage());
+            throw new IOException(e);
         }
     }