diff --git a/test/readline/test_readline.rb b/test/readline/test_readline.rb
index 215a94ec3d..802d5e7645 100644
--- a/test/readline/test_readline.rb
+++ b/test/readline/test_readline.rb
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ module BasetestReadline
           end
         end
         assert interrupt_suppressed, "Should handle SIGINT correctly but raised interrupt.\nLog: #{log}\n----"
-      rescue Timeout::Error => e
-        assert false, "Timed out to handle SIGINT!\nLog: #{log}\nBacktrace:\n#{e.full_message(highlight: false)}\n----"
       end
+    rescue Timeout::Error => e
+      assert false, "Timed out to handle SIGINT!\nLog: #{log}\nBacktrace:\n#{e.full_message(highlight: false)}\n----"
     ensure
       status = Process.wait2(pid).last
       assert status.success?, "Unknown failure with exit status #{status}\nLog: #{log}\n----"