diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SmsManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SmsManager.java
index 17af4638c8746..a527e8d299531 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/SmsManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/SmsManager.java
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ public final class SmsManager {
                 ret = iccISms.getSmsCapacityOnIccForSubscriber(getSubscriptionId());
             }
         } catch (RemoteException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            Log.e(TAG, "getSmsCapacityOnIcc() RemoteException", ex);
         }
         return ret;
     }