diff --git a/core/lowering/lowering.cpp b/core/lowering/lowering.cpp
index cb1fd97327..0c58c79490 100644
--- a/core/lowering/lowering.cpp
+++ b/core/lowering/lowering.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/lower_graph.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/lower_tuples.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/peephole.h"
-#include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/remove_exceptions.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/remove_mutation.h"
 
 #include "core/lowering/lowering.h"
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ void LowerGraph(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& g, std::vector<torch::jit::I
   torch::jit::InlineFunctionalGraphs(g);
   torch::jit::PeepholeOptimize(g, false);
   torch::jit::FuseLinear(g);
-  torch::jit::EliminateExceptions(g);
+  passes::EliminateExceptionsSafe(g);
   if (!lower_info.disable_cse) {
     torch::jit::EliminateCommonSubexpression(g);
   }
diff --git a/core/lowering/passes/exception_elimination.cpp b/core/lowering/passes/exception_elimination.cpp
index 63581af1ca..026ff61609 100644
--- a/core/lowering/passes/exception_elimination.cpp
+++ b/core/lowering/passes/exception_elimination.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/ir/alias_analysis.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/jit_log.h"
+#include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/constant_pooling.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/constant_propagation.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/dead_code_elimination.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/guard_elimination.h"
@@ -108,6 +109,71 @@ void EliminateExceptionOrPassPattern(std::shared_ptr<Graph> graph) {
   }
 }
 
+/*
+  Below is a fork of the torch::jit::EliminateExceptions pass, with node replacement
+  using replaceAllUsesDominatedByNodeWith instead of replaceAllUsesWith,
+  so as to not invalidate the IR in challenging cases, such as nested Ifs
+
+  Original Source from which it was adapted:
+  https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/c29ab84115f40614d04e4557ea2e1ac40b7aa75c/torch/csrc/jit/passes/remove_exceptions.cpp
+*/
+
+bool certainlyThrows(Block* block) {
+  // A block certainly throws an exception if it contains
+  // the prim::RaiseException operation
+  for (Node* n : block->nodes()) {
+    if (n->kind() == prim::RaiseException) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+void EliminateExceptionsSafe(Block* block) {
+  auto graph = block->owningGraph();
+  // Generate false and true constant placeholders
+  Value* false_const = graph->insertConstant(IValue(false));
+  Value* true_const = graph->insertConstant(IValue(true));
+
+  // For each prim::If node, if either block certainly throws an exception,
+  // replace input conditional of the node input with the logical opposite
+  for (Node* n : block->nodes()) {
+    if (n->kind() == prim::If) {
+      Block* true_block = n->blocks()[0];
+      Block* false_block = n->blocks()[1];
+      bool removed_exception = false;
+      Value* input_value_replacement;
+
+      // If the block throws an exception, replace input with logical opposite
+      if (certainlyThrows(true_block)) {
+        removed_exception = true;
+        input_value_replacement = false_const;
+      } else if (certainlyThrows(false_block)) {
+        removed_exception = true;
+        input_value_replacement = true_const;
+      }
+
+      // Log node and perform input replacement
+      if (removed_exception) {
+        LOG_WARNING("Detected and removing exception in TorchScript IR for node: " << util::node_info(n));
+        n->insertInput(0, input_value_replacement);
+        n->removeInput(1);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Inspect and replace all instances within subblocks of the current node
+    for (Block* subblock : n->blocks()) {
+      EliminateExceptionsSafe(subblock);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void EliminateExceptionsSafe(std::shared_ptr<Graph>& graph) {
+  EliminateExceptionsSafe(graph->block());
+  ConstantPropagation(graph);
+  ConstantPooling(graph);
+}
+
 } // namespace passes
 } // namespace lowering
 } // namespace core
diff --git a/core/lowering/passes/passes.h b/core/lowering/passes/passes.h
index 77ff842198..1790537eb7 100644
--- a/core/lowering/passes/passes.h
+++ b/core/lowering/passes/passes.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void Conv3DToConvolution(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
 void ConvTransposed3DToConvolution(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
 void FuseAddMMBranches(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph> graph);
 void LinearToAddMM(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
+void EliminateExceptionsSafe(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
 void EliminateExceptionOrPassPattern(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph> graph);
 void ReduceToOperation(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
 void ReduceGelu(std::shared_ptr<torch::jit::Graph>& graph);
diff --git a/tests/core/lowering/test_exception_elimination_pass.cpp b/tests/core/lowering/test_exception_elimination_pass.cpp
index e35abbccef..aa1b8c53ee 100644
--- a/tests/core/lowering/test_exception_elimination_pass.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/lowering/test_exception_elimination_pass.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #include "core/lowering/passes/passes.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "tests/util/util.h"
 #include "torch/csrc/jit/ir/irparser.h"
+#include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/canonicalize.h"
+#include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/constant_pooling.h"
+#include "torch/csrc/jit/passes/remove_exceptions.h"
 
 TEST(LoweringPasses, EliminateExceptionOrPassPattern_Block0) {
   // parseIR does not support " = prim::If(%51)" with no return value
@@ -169,3 +173,217 @@ TEST(LoweringPasses, EliminateExceptionOrPassPattern_Negative) {
   }
   EXPECT_EQ(1, if_count);
 }
+
+TEST(LoweringPasses, EliminateExceptionsSafeIfBlock) {
+  /*std::string source_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x, %y):
+      %dim : int = aten::dim(%x)
+      %48 : int = prim::Constant[value=2]()
+      %66 : bool = aten::eq(%48, %dim)
+      %45 : str = prim::Constant[value="EXCEPTION"]()
+      %4 : Tensor = prim::If(%66)
+        block0():
+          = prim::RaiseException(%45)
+          -> (%x)
+        block1():
+          %res = aten::mul(%x, %y)
+          -> (%res)
+      return (%4))IR";*/
+
+  std::string target_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x : Tensor,
+          %y : Tensor):
+      %6 : Tensor = aten::mul(%x, %y)
+      return (%6))IR";
+
+  // Construct graph via manual commands, to avoid IR parsing issues with
+  // unassigned variables (such as prim::RaiseException)
+  auto g = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  auto x = g->insertInput(0, "x");
+  auto y = g->insertInput(1, "y");
+  auto none_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue());
+  auto two_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue(2));
+  auto x_dims = g->create(torch::jit::aten::dim, {x}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(x_dims);
+  x_dims->output()->setType(torch::jit::IntType::get());
+  auto eq = g->create(torch::jit::aten::eq, {two_const_val, x_dims->output()}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(eq);
+  eq->output()->setType(torch::jit::BoolType::get());
+  torch::jit::IValue except("EXCEPTION");
+  auto except_val = g->insertConstant(except);
+
+  auto if_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::If, {eq->output()}, 1);
+  auto if_block0 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto exception_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::RaiseException, {except_val, none_const_val}, 0);
+  if_block0->appendNode(exception_node);
+  if_block0->registerOutput(x);
+
+  auto if_block1 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto sum_node = g->create(torch::jit::aten::mul, {x, y}, 1);
+  if_block1->appendNode(sum_node);
+  if_block1->registerOutput(sum_node->output());
+
+  g->insertNode(if_node);
+  g->registerOutput(if_node->output());
+
+  // Apply lowering pass and canonicalization to the graph
+  torch_tensorrt::core::lowering::passes::EliminateExceptionsSafe(g);
+  g = torch::jit::Canonicalize(g, false);
+
+  auto tg = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  torch::jit::parseIR(target_graph, tg.get());
+
+  torch::jit::ConstantPooling(tg);
+  tg = torch::jit::Canonicalize(tg, false);
+
+  // Validate identical graphs after pooling constants and canonicalizing
+  ASSERT_TRUE((tg->toString() == g->toString()));
+}
+
+TEST(LoweringPasses, EliminateExceptionsSafeElseBlock) {
+  /*std::string source_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x, %y):
+      %dim : int = aten::dim(%x)
+      %48 : int = prim::Constant[value=2]()
+      %66 : bool = aten::eq(%48, %dim)
+      %45 : str = prim::Constant[value="EXCEPTION"]()
+      %4 : Tensor = prim::If(%66)
+        block0():
+          %res = aten::matmul(%x, %y)
+          -> (%res)
+        block1():
+          = prim::RaiseException(%45)
+          -> (%x)
+      return (%4))IR";*/
+
+  std::string target_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x : Tensor,
+          %y : Tensor):
+      %6 : Tensor = aten::matmul(%x, %y)
+      return (%6))IR";
+
+  // Construct graph via manual commands, to avoid IR parsing issues with
+  // unassigned variables (such as prim::RaiseException)
+  auto g = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  auto x = g->insertInput(0, "x");
+  auto y = g->insertInput(1, "y");
+  auto none_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue());
+  auto two_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue(2));
+  auto x_dims = g->create(torch::jit::aten::dim, {x}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(x_dims);
+  x_dims->output()->setType(torch::jit::IntType::get());
+  auto eq = g->create(torch::jit::aten::eq, {two_const_val, x_dims->output()}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(eq);
+  eq->output()->setType(torch::jit::BoolType::get());
+  torch::jit::IValue except("EXCEPTION");
+  auto except_val = g->insertConstant(except);
+
+  auto if_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::If, {eq->output()}, 1);
+  auto if_block0 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto sum_node = g->create(torch::jit::aten::matmul, {x, y}, 1);
+  if_block0->appendNode(sum_node);
+  if_block0->registerOutput(sum_node->output());
+
+  auto if_block1 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto exception_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::RaiseException, {except_val, none_const_val}, 0);
+  if_block1->appendNode(exception_node);
+  if_block1->registerOutput(x);
+
+  g->insertNode(if_node);
+  g->registerOutput(if_node->output());
+
+  // Apply lowering pass and canonicalization to the graph
+  torch_tensorrt::core::lowering::passes::EliminateExceptionsSafe(g);
+  g = torch::jit::Canonicalize(g, false);
+
+  auto tg = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  torch::jit::parseIR(target_graph, tg.get());
+
+  torch::jit::ConstantPooling(tg);
+  tg = torch::jit::Canonicalize(tg, false);
+
+  // Validate identical graphs after pooling constants and canonicalizing
+  ASSERT_TRUE((tg->toString() == g->toString()));
+}
+
+TEST(LoweringPasses, EliminateExceptionsSafeNestedIfBlock) {
+  /*std::string source_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x, %y):
+      %false : bool = prim::Constant[value=0]()
+      %dim : int = aten::dim(%x)
+      %48 : int = prim::Constant[value=2]()
+      %66 : bool = aten::eq(%48, %dim)
+      %45 : str = prim::Constant[value="EXCEPTION"]()
+      %4 : Tensor = prim::If(%66)
+        block0():
+          %45 : str = prim::Constant[value="EXCEPTION"]()
+          = prim::If(%false)
+            block0():
+              -> ()
+            block1():
+              = prim::RaiseException(%45)
+              -> ()
+          = prim::RaiseException(%45)
+          -> (%x)
+        block1():
+          %res = aten::mul(%x, %y)
+          -> (%res)
+      return (%4))IR";*/
+
+  std::string target_graph = R"IR(
+    graph(%x : Tensor,
+          %y : Tensor):
+      %6 : Tensor = aten::mul(%x, %y)
+      return (%6))IR";
+
+  // Construct graph via manual commands, to avoid IR parsing issues with
+  // unassigned variables (such as prim::RaiseException)
+  auto g = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  auto x = g->insertInput(0, "x");
+  auto y = g->insertInput(1, "y");
+  auto none_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue());
+  auto false_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue(false));
+  auto two_const_val = g->insertConstant(torch::jit::IValue(2));
+  auto x_dims = g->create(torch::jit::aten::dim, {x}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(x_dims);
+  x_dims->output()->setType(torch::jit::IntType::get());
+  auto eq = g->create(torch::jit::aten::eq, {two_const_val, x_dims->output()}, 1);
+  g->appendNode(eq);
+  eq->output()->setType(torch::jit::BoolType::get());
+  torch::jit::IValue except("EXCEPTION");
+  auto except_val = g->insertConstant(except);
+
+  // Construct nested-If substructure in graph
+  auto if_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::If, {eq->output()}, 1);
+  auto if_block0 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto if_if_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::If, {false_const_val}, 0);
+  if_block0->appendNode(if_if_node);
+  /* auto if_if_block0 = */ if_if_node->addBlock();
+  auto if_if_block1 = if_if_node->addBlock();
+  auto exception_node = g->create(torch::jit::prim::RaiseException, {except_val, none_const_val}, 0);
+  if_if_block1->appendNode(exception_node);
+  auto exception_node_2 = g->create(torch::jit::prim::RaiseException, {except_val, none_const_val}, 0);
+  if_block0->appendNode(exception_node_2);
+  if_block0->registerOutput(x);
+
+  auto if_block1 = if_node->addBlock();
+  auto sum_node = g->create(torch::jit::aten::mul, {x, y}, 1);
+  if_block1->appendNode(sum_node);
+  if_block1->registerOutput(sum_node->output());
+
+  g->insertNode(if_node);
+  g->registerOutput(if_node->output());
+
+  // Apply lowering pass and canonicalization to the graph
+  torch_tensorrt::core::lowering::passes::EliminateExceptionsSafe(g);
+  g = torch::jit::Canonicalize(g, false);
+
+  auto tg = std::make_shared<torch::jit::Graph>();
+  torch::jit::parseIR(target_graph, tg.get());
+
+  torch::jit::ConstantPooling(tg);
+  tg = torch::jit::Canonicalize(tg, false);
+
+  // Validate identical graphs after pooling constants and canonicalizing
+  ASSERT_TRUE((tg->toString() == g->toString()));
+}