diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsState.java b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsState.java
index 0385d1eb02fd4..8d99a6494db0a 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsState.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsState.java
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ final class SettingsState {
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             Slog.wtf(LOG_TAG, "Failed to write settings, restoring backup", t);
             destination.failWrite(out);
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to write settings, restoring backup", t);
         } finally {
             IoUtils.closeQuietly(out);
         }
@@ -408,10 +409,9 @@ final class SettingsState {
             parser.setInput(in, null);
             parseStateLocked(parser);
 
-            // Any error while parsing is fatal.
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
+        } catch (XmlPullParserException | IOException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Failed parsing settings file: "
-                    + mStatePersistFile , t);
+                    + mStatePersistFile , e);
         } finally {
             IoUtils.closeQuietly(in);
         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/Settings.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/Settings.java
index b3aa966e37a8c..252c16a6fb873 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/Settings.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/Settings.java
@@ -4275,6 +4275,8 @@ final class Settings {
                 Slog.wtf(PackageManagerService.TAG,
                         "Failed to write settings, restoring backup", t);
                 destination.failWrite(out);
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to write runtime permissions,"
+                        + " restoring backup", t);
             } finally {
                 IoUtils.closeQuietly(out);
             }
@@ -4322,10 +4324,9 @@ final class Settings {
                 parser.setInput(in, null);
                 parseRuntimePermissionsLPr(parser, userId);
 
-                // Any error while parsing is fatal.
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
+            } catch (XmlPullParserException | IOException e) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Failed parsing permissions file: "
-                        + permissionsFile , t);
+                        + permissionsFile , e);
             } finally {
                 IoUtils.closeQuietly(in);
             }