diff --git a/ethereum/statetransition/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/statetransition/util/DebugDataDumperTest.java b/ethereum/statetransition/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/statetransition/util/DebugDataDumperTest.java
index 6e4b4094800..a2e8bfdc6ce 100644
--- a/ethereum/statetransition/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/statetransition/util/DebugDataDumperTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/statetransition/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/statetransition/util/DebugDataDumperTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
@@ -122,13 +123,24 @@ void saveInvalidBlockToFile_shouldNotSaveToFileWhenDisabled(@TempDir Path tempDi
   }
 
   @Test
-  void saveBytesToFile_shouldNotThrowExceptionWhenUnableToSave(@TempDir Path tempDir) {
+  void saveBytesToFile_shouldNotThrowExceptionWhenNoDirectory(@TempDir Path tempDir) {
     final DebugDataDumper manager = new DebugDataDumper(tempDir, true);
     assertDoesNotThrow(
         () ->
             manager.saveBytesToFile("object", Path.of("invalid").resolve("file.ssz"), Bytes.EMPTY));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void saveBytesToFile_shouldNotEscalateWhenIOException(@TempDir Path tempDir) {
+    final DebugDataDumper manager = new DebugDataDumper(tempDir, true);
+    final File invalidPath = tempDir.resolve("invalid").toFile();
+    assertThat(invalidPath.mkdirs()).isTrue();
+    assertThat(invalidPath.setWritable(false)).isTrue();
+    assertDoesNotThrow(
+        () ->
+            manager.saveBytesToFile("object", Path.of("invalid").resolve("file.ssz"), Bytes.EMPTY));
+  }
+
   private void checkBytesSavedToFile(final Path path, final Bytes expectedBytes) {
     try {
       final Bytes bytes = Bytes.wrap(Files.readAllBytes(path));