diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
index 23c878e..72f8bd6 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyInputStream.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class SnappyInputStream extends InputStream
             this.uncompressedLimit = uncompressedLength;
         }
         catch (SnappyException e) {
-            throw new IOException(e);
+            throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStream.java
index 86071b5..524cba2 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStream.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class SnappyOutputStream extends OutputStream
             cursor = 0;
         }
         catch (SnappyException e) {
-            throw new IOException(e);
+            throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
         }
     }