diff --git a/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/RoomTrackingLiveData.java b/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/RoomTrackingLiveData.java
index 875beba9bc..7a013c4b2b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/RoomTrackingLiveData.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/androidx/room/RoomTrackingLiveData.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class RoomTrackingLiveData<T> extends LiveData<T> {
                                 try {
                                     value = mComputeFunction.call();
                                     done = true;
-                                } catch (Exception e) {
+                                } catch (Throwable e) {
                                     if (++retry > 10)
                                         throw new RuntimeException(
                                                 "Exception while computing database live data.", e);
diff --git a/patches/RoomTrackingLiveData.patch b/patches/RoomTrackingLiveData.patch
index bc1729bde9..1154fb7299 100644
--- a/patches/RoomTrackingLiveData.patch
+++ b/patches/RoomTrackingLiveData.patch
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 +                                try {
 +                                    value = mComputeFunction.call();
 +                                    done = true;
-+                                } catch (Exception e) {
++                                } catch (Throwable e) {
 +                                    if (++retry > 10)
 +                                        throw new RuntimeException(
 +                                                "Exception while computing database live data.", e);