diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/io/profiling/IOCounterLinux.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/io/profiling/IOCounterLinux.java
index c172c41..5713ef1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/io/profiling/IOCounterLinux.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/io/profiling/IOCounterLinux.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             long reads = extractColumn(4);
             return reads;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+            return 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             long reads = extractColumn(5);
             return reads;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+            return 0;
         }
     }