diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidConnectionHolder.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidConnectionHolder.java
index 7174d4cf49..6a755ceff2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidConnectionHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidConnectionHolder.java
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ public final class DruidConnectionHolder {
     private int                                 underlyingTransactionIsolation;
     private boolean                             underlyingAutoCommit;
     private boolean                             discard                  = false;
+    
+    public static boolean                       holdabilityUnsupported   = false;
 
     public DruidConnectionHolder(DruidAbstractDataSource dataSource, Connection conn) throws SQLException{
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ public final class DruidConnectionHolder {
         this.underlyingAutoCommit = conn.getAutoCommit();
 
         {
-            boolean initUnderlyHoldability = true;
+            boolean initUnderlyHoldability = !holdabilityUnsupported;
             if (JdbcConstants.SYBASE.equals(dataSource.getDbType()) //
                 || JdbcConstants.DB2.equals(dataSource.getDbType()) //
             ) {
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ public final class DruidConnectionHolder {
             if (initUnderlyHoldability) {
                 try {
                     this.underlyingHoldability = conn.getHoldability();
+                } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+                    holdabilityUnsupported = true;
+                    LOG.warn("getHoldability unsupported", e);
                 } catch (SQLException e) {
                     LOG.warn("getHoldability error", e);
                 }
@@ -90,10 +95,8 @@ public final class DruidConnectionHolder {
         try {
             this.underlyingTransactionIsolation = conn.getTransactionIsolation();
         } catch (SQLException e) {
-            if (!"com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException".equals(e.getClass().getName())) { // compatible
-                                                                                                               // for
-                                                                                                               // alibaba
-                                                                                                               // corba
+            // compartible for alibaba corba
+            if (!"com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException".equals(e.getClass().getName())) { 
                 throw e;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/HoldableUnsupportTest.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/HoldableUnsupportTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65b13dc89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/HoldableUnsupportTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.pool;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import com.alibaba.druid.filter.Filter;
+import com.alibaba.druid.filter.FilterAdapter;
+import com.alibaba.druid.filter.FilterChain;
+import com.alibaba.druid.pool.DruidDataSource;
+import com.alibaba.druid.proxy.jdbc.ConnectionProxy;
+
+
+public class HoldableUnsupportTest extends TestCase {
+    private DruidDataSource dataSource;
+
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        dataSource = new DruidDataSource();
+        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mock:xxx");
+        Filter filter = new FilterAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public int connection_getHoldability(FilterChain chain, ConnectionProxy connection) throws SQLException {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        };
+        dataSource.getProxyFilters().add(filter);
+
+    }
+
+    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        dataSource.close();
+    }
+    
+    public void test_0 () throws Exception {
+        Connection[] connections = new Connection[8];
+        for (int i = 0; i < connections.length; ++i) {
+            connections[i] = dataSource.getConnection();
+        }
+        
+        for (int i = 0; i < connections.length; ++i) {
+            connections[i].close();
+        }
+    }
+}