diff --git a/js/src/shell/js.cpp b/js/src/shell/js.cpp
index 9eade5005d5c..d3db5fd67be1 100644
--- a/js/src/shell/js.cpp
+++ b/js/src/shell/js.cpp
@@ -454,14 +454,27 @@ ShellInterruptCallback(JSContext* cx)
 
     bool result;
     if (sr->haveInterruptFunc) {
+        bool wasAlreadyThrowing = cx->isExceptionPending();
         JS::AutoSaveExceptionState savedExc(cx);
         JSAutoCompartment ac(cx, &sr->interruptFunc.toObject());
         RootedValue rval(cx);
-        if (!JS_CallFunctionValue(cx, nullptr, sr->interruptFunc,
-                                  JS::HandleValueArray::empty(), &rval))
+
+        // Report any exceptions thrown by the JS interrupt callback, but do
+        // *not* keep it on the cx. The interrupt handler is invoked at points
+        // that are not expected to throw catchable exceptions, like at
+        // JSOP_RETRVAL.
+        //
+        // If the interrupted JS code was already throwing, any exceptions
+        // thrown by the interrupt handler are silently swallowed.
         {
-            return false;
+            Maybe<AutoReportException> are;
+            if (!wasAlreadyThrowing)
+                are.emplace(cx);
+            result = JS_CallFunctionValue(cx, nullptr, sr->interruptFunc,
+                                          JS::HandleValueArray::empty(), &rval);
         }
+        savedExc.restore();
+
         if (rval.isBoolean())
             result = rval.toBoolean();
         else