diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
index 5a63b267b..dc56cfded 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
@@ -1134,5 +1134,10 @@ SetThreadName(DWORD dwThreadID, const char* threadName)
 #endif
     };
 
-  RaiseException (MS_VC_EXCEPTION, 0, sizeof (info)/sizeof (ULONG_PTR), (ULONG_PTR *) &info);
+  __try {
+    RaiseException (MS_VC_EXCEPTION, 0, sizeof (info)/sizeof (ULONG_PTR), info);
+  }
+  __except (NO_ERROR) {
+  }
+  __endtry
 }