diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/FIFOLocalWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/FIFOLocalWriter.java
index e076686..7d4e119 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/FIFOLocalWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/FIFOLocalWriter.java
@@ -46,13 +46,10 @@
             callback.beforeWrite(cPage);
             bufferCache.write(cPage, context);
             callback.afterWrite(cPage);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            handleWriteFailure(page, e);
-            LOGGER.warn("Failed to write page {}", cPage, e);
         } catch (Throwable th) {
             // Halt
-            LOGGER.error("FIFOLocalWriter has encountered a fatal error", th);
-            ExitUtil.halt(ExitUtil.EC_ABNORMAL_TERMINATION);
+            LOGGER.error("Failed to write page {}", cPage, th);
+            ExitUtil.halt(ExitUtil.EC_IO_OPERATION_FAILED);
         } finally {
             bufferCache.returnPage(cPage);
             if (DEBUG) {
@@ -61,12 +58,4 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void handleWriteFailure(ICachedPage page, Exception e) {
-        if (failureCallback != null) {
-            failureCallback.writeFailed(page, e);
-        } else {
-            LOGGER.error("an IO failure took place but the failure callback is not set", e);
-        }
-    }
-
 }