diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index 030d9747d6cd..7cc8b8185e64 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ private void waitForBackup(String vmName) throws CloudRuntimeException {
             try {
                 Thread.sleep(10000);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                throw new CloudRuntimeException(e);
+                logger.debug("Thread that was tracking the progress for backup of VM [{}] was interrupted. Ignoring.", vmName);
             }
         }