diff --git a/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/batchindexing/impl/IdentifierConsumerDocumentProducer.java b/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/batchindexing/impl/IdentifierConsumerDocumentProducer.java
index 74a2d6dad93..bc210ca0f6a 100644
--- a/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/batchindexing/impl/IdentifierConsumerDocumentProducer.java
+++ b/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/batchindexing/impl/IdentifierConsumerDocumentProducer.java
@@ -160,24 +160,27 @@ private void loadAllFromQueue(Session session) throws Exception {
 	 * @throws InterruptedException
 	 */
 	private void loadList(List<Serializable> listIds, Session session, InstanceInitializer sessionInitializer) throws Exception {
-		beginTransaction( session );
-
-		Criteria criteria = session
-				.createCriteria( type )
-				.setCacheMode( cacheMode )
-				.setLockMode( LockMode.NONE )
-				.setCacheable( false )
-				.setFlushMode( FlushMode.MANUAL )
-				.setFetchSize( listIds.size() )
-				.setResultTransformer( CriteriaSpecification.DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITY )
-				.add( Restrictions.in( idName, listIds ) );
-		List<?> list = criteria.list();
-		monitor.entitiesLoaded( list.size() );
-		indexAllQueue( tenantIdentifier( session ), session, list, sessionInitializer );
-		session.clear();
+		try {
+			beginTransaction( session );
 
-		// it's read-only, so no need to commit
-		rollbackTransaction( session );
+			Criteria criteria = session
+					.createCriteria( type )
+					.setCacheMode( cacheMode )
+					.setLockMode( LockMode.NONE )
+					.setCacheable( false )
+					.setFlushMode( FlushMode.MANUAL )
+					.setFetchSize( listIds.size() )
+					.setResultTransformer( CriteriaSpecification.DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITY )
+					.add( Restrictions.in( idName, listIds ) );
+			List<?> list = criteria.list();
+			monitor.entitiesLoaded( list.size() );
+			indexAllQueue( tenantIdentifier( session ), session, list, sessionInitializer );
+			session.clear();
+		}
+		finally {
+			// it's read-only, so no need to commit
+			rollbackTransaction( session );
+		}
 	}
 
 	private void beginTransaction(Session session) throws Exception {
@@ -212,42 +215,40 @@ private String tenantIdentifier(Session session) {
 		return tenantId;
 	}
 
-	private void indexAllQueue(String tenantId, Session session, List<?> entities, InstanceInitializer sessionInitializer) {
-		try {
-			ConversionContext contextualBridge = new ContextualExceptionBridgeHelper();
-				if ( entities == null || entities.isEmpty() ) {
-					return;
+	private void indexAllQueue(String tenantId, Session session, List<?> entities, InstanceInitializer sessionInitializer) throws InterruptedException {
+		ConversionContext contextualBridge = new ContextualExceptionBridgeHelper();
+
+		if ( entities == null || entities.isEmpty() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		else {
+			log.tracef( "received a list of objects to index: %s", entities );
+			for ( Object object : entities ) {
+				try {
+					index( tenantId, object, session, sessionInitializer, contextualBridge );
+					monitor.documentsBuilt( 1 );
 				}
-				else {
-					log.tracef( "received a list of objects to index: %s", entities );
-					for ( Object object : entities ) {
-						try {
-							index( tenantId, object, session, sessionInitializer, contextualBridge );
-							monitor.documentsBuilt( 1 );
-						}
-						catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-							// rethrowing the interrupted exception
-							throw ie;
-						}
-						catch (RuntimeException e) {
-							String errorMsg = log.massIndexerUnableToIndexInstance(
-									object.getClass().getName(),
-									object.toString()
-							);
-							errorHandler.handleException( errorMsg, e );
-						}
-					}
+				catch (RuntimeException e) {
+					String errorMsg = log.massIndexerUnableToIndexInstance(
+							object.getClass().getName(),
+							object.toString()
+					);
+					errorHandler.handleException( errorMsg, e );
 				}
-		}
-		catch (InterruptedException e) {
-			// just quit
-			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private void index(String tenantId, Object entity, Session session, InstanceInitializer sessionInitializer, ConversionContext conversionContext)
 			throws InterruptedException {
+
+		// abort if the thread has been interrupted while not in wait(), I/O or similar which themselves would have
+		// raised the InterruptedException
+		if ( Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() ) {
+			throw new InterruptedException();
+		}
+
 		Serializable id = session.getIdentifier( entity );
 		Class<?> clazz = HibernateHelper.getClass( entity );
 		EntityIndexBinding entityIndexBinding = entityIndexBindings.get( clazz );