diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
index a88e298973ca87..bb1e7282db8e3d 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ def _feed(buffer, notempty, send, writelock, close):
         else:
             wacquire = None
 
-        try:
-            while 1:
+        while 1:
+            try:
                 nacquire()
                 try:
                     if not buffer:
@@ -270,19 +270,17 @@ def _feed(buffer, notempty, send, writelock, close):
                                 wrelease()
                 except IndexError:
                     pass
-        except Exception, e:
-            # Since this runs in a daemon thread the resources it uses
-            # may be become unusable while the process is cleaning up.
-            # We ignore errors which happen after the process has
-            # started to cleanup.
-            try:
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Since this runs in a daemon thread the resources it uses
+                # may be become unusable while the process is cleaning up.
+                # We ignore errors which happen after the process has
+                # started to cleanup.
                 if is_exiting():
                     info('error in queue thread: %s', e)
+                    return
                 else:
                     import traceback
                     traceback.print_exc()
-            except Exception:
-                pass
 
 _sentinel = object()
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 4d39501ccb073a..8a6bb780f540ae 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -641,6 +641,21 @@ def test_no_import_lock_contention(self):
                     self.fail("Probable regression on import lock contention;"
                               " see Issue #22853")
 
+    def test_queue_feeder_donot_stop_onexc(self):
+        # bpo-30414: verify feeder handles exceptions correctly
+        if self.TYPE != 'processes':
+            self.skipTest('test not appropriate for {}'.format(self.TYPE))
+
+        class NotSerializable(object):
+            def __reduce__(self):
+                raise AttributeError
+        with test.support.captured_stderr():
+            q = self.Queue()
+            q.put(NotSerializable())
+            q.put(True)
+            self.assertTrue(q.get(timeout=0.1))
+
+
 #
 #
 #
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3c6f829f051443..ba5d5d17828890 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- bpo-30414: multiprocessing.Queue._feed background running
+  thread do not break from main loop on exception.
+
 - bpo-30003: Fix handling escape characters in HZ codec.  Based on patch
   by Ma Lin.