diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/BoundedByteBufferReceive.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/BoundedByteBufferReceive.scala
index d36944a..4b1ab56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/BoundedByteBufferReceive.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/network/BoundedByteBufferReceive.scala
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ private[kafka] class BoundedByteBufferReceive(val maxSize: Int) extends Receive
       buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(size)
     }
     catch {
-      case e: OutOfMemoryError =>
-        throw new RuntimeException("OOME with size " + size, e)
+      case e: OutOfMemoryError => {
+        logger.error("OOME with size " + size, e)
+        throw e
+      }
       case e2 =>
         throw e2
     }