diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/FragmentHandler.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/FragmentHandler.java
index 7261845c1a90892c9ba5b7384bc14b0bb5b4c521..43e1d13144de93911a3c84eccdb6c1fac94a16ff 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/FragmentHandler.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/FragmentHandler.java
@@ -106,7 +106,18 @@ public class FragmentHandler {
             if (_log.shouldLog(Log.ERROR))
                 _log.error("Corrupt fragment received: offset = " + offset, e);
             _context.statManager().addRateData("tunnel.corruptMessage", 1, 1);
-            throw e;
+            // java.lang.IllegalStateException: wtf, don't get the completed size when we're not complete - null fragment i=0 of 1
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentedMessage.getCompleteSize(FragmentedMessage.java:194)
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentedMessage.toByteArray(FragmentedMessage.java:223)
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentHandler.receiveComplete(FragmentHandler.java:380)
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentHandler.receiveSubsequentFragment(FragmentHandler.java:353)
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentHandler.receiveFragment(FragmentHandler.java:208)
+            // at net.i2p.router.tunnel.FragmentHandler.receiveTunnelMessage(FragmentHandler.java:92)
+            // ...
+            // still trying to find root cause
+            // let's limit the damage here and skip the:
+            // .transport.udp.MessageReceiver: b0rked receiving a message.. wazza huzza hmm?
+            //throw e;
         } finally {
             // each of the FragmentedMessages populated make a copy out of the
             // payload, which they release separately, so we can release