diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Sitemap/Model/Observer.php b/app/code/Magento/Sitemap/Model/Observer.php
index 3ae3061310a0b24a76b7bc2c410cc64c156c7ecf..54f91bebea7442390da2ff25bb24a5a21b78f87c 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Sitemap/Model/Observer.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Sitemap/Model/Observer.php
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ class Observer
                 $sitemap->generateXml();
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 $errors[] = $e->getMessage();
-                throw $e;
             }
         }