diff --git a/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RecurrenceProcessor.java b/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RecurrenceProcessor.java
index 641a161..fd225db 100644
--- a/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RecurrenceProcessor.java
+++ b/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RecurrenceProcessor.java
@@ -869,7 +869,9 @@
                 while (true) {
                     int monthIndex = 0;
                     if (failsafe++ > MAX_ALLOWED_ITERATIONS) { // Give up after about 1 second of processing
-                        throw new DateException("Recurrence processing stuck: " + r.toString());
+                        Log.w(TAG, "Recurrence processing stuck with r=" + r + " rangeStart="
+                                  + rangeStartDateValue + " rangeEnd=" + rangeEndDateValue);
+                        break;
                     }
 
                     unsafeNormalize(iterator);
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RRuleTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RRuleTest.java
index 53988e2..1d72366 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RRuleTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/calendarcommon2/RRuleTest.java
@@ -143,11 +143,17 @@
     // Infinite loop, bug 1662110
     @MediumTest
     public void testFrequencyLimits() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            runRecurrenceIteratorTest("RRULE:FREQ=SECONDLY;BYSECOND=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14," + "15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29," + "30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44," + "45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59", "20000101", 1, "");
+        // Rather than checking that we get an exception,
+        // we now want to finish, but in a reasonable time
+        final long tenSeconds = 10000;
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        runRecurrenceIteratorTest(
+                "RRULE:FREQ=SECONDLY;BYSECOND=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14," +
+                "15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29," +
+                "30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44," +
+                "45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59", "20000101", 1, "20000101");
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - start > tenSeconds) {
             fail("Don't do that");
-        } catch (DateException ex) {
-            // pass
         }
     }