diff --git a/deploymentadmin/deploymentadmin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/deploymentadmin/ExplodingOutputtingInputStream.java b/deploymentadmin/deploymentadmin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/deploymentadmin/ExplodingOutputtingInputStream.java
index 018c318..45554ec 100644
--- a/deploymentadmin/deploymentadmin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/deploymentadmin/ExplodingOutputtingInputStream.java
+++ b/deploymentadmin/deploymentadmin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/deploymentadmin/ExplodingOutputtingInputStream.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             
             Exception exception = m_task.m_exception;
             if (exception != null) {
-                throw new IOException("Exception while processing the stream in the background: " + exception.getMessage(), exception);
+                throw new IOException(exception);
             }
         }
         finally {