diff --git a/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/DemoClient.java b/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/DemoClient.java
index 1ab2f8dcd377..09546ffbba2b 100644
--- a/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/DemoClient.java
+++ b/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/DemoClient.java
@@ -93,13 +93,8 @@ public Void run() throws Exception {
   public void run() throws Exception {
     int timeout = 10000;
     boolean framed = false;
-    TTransport transport = null;
-    try {
-      transport = new TSocket(new TConfiguration(), host, port, timeout);
-    } catch (TTransportException e) {
-      throw new IOException(e);
-    }
 
+    TTransport transport = new TSocket(new TConfiguration(), host, port, timeout);
     if (framed) {
       transport = new TFramedTransport(transport);
     } else if (secure) {