--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/publicsuffix/PublicSuffixPatterns.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/publicsuffix/PublicSuffixPatterns.java
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ class PublicSuffixPatterns {
                     new BufferedInputStream(context.getAssets().open("publicsuffixlist"))));
 
             String line;
             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                 EXACT.add(line);
             }
 
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            Log.e("Patterns", "IOException during loading public suffix list");
+            throw new IllegalStateException("resource publicsuffixlist could not be opened but is bundled with app", e);
         } finally {
             IOUtils.safeStreamClose(reader);
         }
 
         return EXACT;
     }