diff --git a/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/local/LocalFile.java b/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/local/LocalFile.java
index 0870195db76..4ae0505ac52 100644
--- a/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/local/LocalFile.java
+++ b/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/local/LocalFile.java
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ private static ForkJoinPool createExecutor(int threadCount) {
 				/* asyncMode */ false, // Last-In-First-Out is important to delete child before parent folders
 				/* corePoolSize */ 0, //
 				/* maximumPoolSize */ threadCount, //
-				/* minimumRunnable */ 0, null, // delete algorithm does not need any
+				/* minimumRunnable */ 0, //
+				pool -> true, // if maximumPoolSize would be exceeded, don't throw RejectedExecutionException
 				/* keepAliveTime */ 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES); // pool terminates 1 thread per
 	}