diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
index f1eb6e857af55..78de65df43104 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(scheduler: TaskSchedulerImpl, actorSystem: A
           msg = msg.format(task.taskId, task.index, serializedTask.limit, akkaFrameSize)
           scheduler.error(msg)
           // TODO: Need to throw an exception?
-          throw new SparkException(msg)
+          // throw new SparkException(msg)
         }
         freeCores(task.executorId) -= scheduler.CPUS_PER_TASK
         executorActor(task.executorId) ! LaunchTask(new SerializableBuffer(serializedTask))