diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/evictcache/HttpClientProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/evictcache/HttpClientProvider.java
index 1653223..df42800 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/evictcache/HttpClientProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/evictcache/HttpClientProvider.java
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
         try {
           Thread.sleep(cfg.getRetryInterval());
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          log.debug("Ignoring InterruptedException", e);
+          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+          return false;
         }
         return true;
       }