diff --git a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
index 09709279b..e57f2ea69 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
@@ -1722,7 +1722,9 @@ sub _sync_fulltext
         $sql = "UPDATE $table SET short_desc=$row->[0],".
             " comments=$row->[1], comments_private=$row->[2] WHERE $id_field=".$self->id;
     }
-    return $sph->do($sql);
+    my $r = eval { $sph->do($sql) };
+    if ($@) { warn $@; }
+    return $r;
 }
 
 # This is the correct way to delete bugs from the DB.
diff --git a/Bugzilla/DB.pm b/Bugzilla/DB.pm
index 247260a98..3daea3315 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/DB.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/DB.pm
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sub connect_sphinx
         mysql_enable_utf8 => 1,
         # Needs to be explicitly specified for command-line processes.
         mysql_auto_reconnect => 1,
-        raise_error => 0,
+        raise_error => 1,
     });
 
     $sphinx->do("SET NAMES utf8") if $sphinx;