diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ReadAsyncTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ReadAsyncTest.java
index dbef7ce29f6..f793bb0ee60 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ReadAsyncTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/ReadAsyncTest.java
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ public void invalidDatabase() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void tableNotFound() throws Exception {
+  public void tableNotFound() {
     mockSpanner.setStreamingReadExecutionTime(
-        SimulatedExecutionTime.ofException(
+        SimulatedExecutionTime.ofStickyException(
             Status.NOT_FOUND
                 .withDescription("Table not found: BadTableName")
                 .asRuntimeException()));