diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/DirectCodecFactory.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/DirectCodecFactory.java
index 1377999940..d201fc89bb 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/DirectCodecFactory.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/DirectCodecFactory.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public ParquetCompressionCodecException(String message) {
       }
 
       public ParquetCompressionCodecException(Throwable cause) {
-
+        super(cause);
       }
     }
   }