diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RDeparse.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RDeparse.java
index 206c8683f3095de874b75464e44a717f6112a76f..9de478bc4909e01e984ecd0ef4ca6f1e61b39e84 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RDeparse.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RDeparse.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public class RDeparse {
                         s.element.setSourceSection(source.createSection(s.start, s.length));
                     }
                 }
-            } catch (AccessDeniedException | FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
+            } catch (AccessDeniedException | FileAlreadyExistsException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 fixupSourcesTextInternal();
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 RInternalError.reportError(e);