diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/shadowed_exception.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/shadowed_exception.rb
index 83fca3b1c57..00cdebd457b 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/shadowed_exception.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/shadowed_exception.rb
@@ -111,12 +111,18 @@ def evaluate_exceptions(group)
 
           if rescued_exceptions.any?
             rescued_exceptions.each_with_object([]) do |exception, converted|
-              RuboCop::Util.silence_warnings do
-                # Avoid printing deprecation warnings about constants
-                converted << Kernel.const_get(exception.source)
+              # FIXME: Workaround `rubocop:disable` comment for JRuby.
+              #        https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/6642
+              # rubocop:disable Style/RedundantBegin
+              begin
+                RuboCop::Util.silence_warnings do
+                  # Avoid printing deprecation warnings about constants
+                  converted << Kernel.const_get(exception.source)
+                end
+              rescue NameError
+                converted << nil
               end
-            rescue NameError
-              converted << nil
+              # rubocop:enable Style/RedundantBegin
             end
           else
             # treat an empty `rescue` as `rescue StandardError`