diff --git a/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/TimeCache.java b/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/TimeCache.java
index 4159517..a019d0f 100644
--- a/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/TimeCache.java
+++ b/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/TimeCache.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             return Long.MIN_VALUE;
           });
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), IOException.class);
+      Throwables.throwIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), IOException.class);
       throw new IOException(e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/VisibilityCache.java b/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/VisibilityCache.java
index 325b8cf..359a535 100644
--- a/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/VisibilityCache.java
+++ b/gitiles-servlet/src/main/java/com/google/gitiles/VisibilityCache.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
           new Key(access.getUserKey(), access.getRepositoryName(), id),
           () -> isVisible(repo, walk, id, Arrays.asList(knownReachable)));
     } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), IOException.class);
+      Throwables.throwIfInstanceOf(e.getCause(), IOException.class);
       throw new IOException(e);
     } catch (ExecutionError e) {
       // markUninteresting may overflow on pathological repos with very long merge chains. Play it