diff --git a/app/clients/sms/aws_pinpoint.py b/app/clients/sms/aws_pinpoint.py
index a06226af03..1ce3255d5c 100644
--- a/app/clients/sms/aws_pinpoint.py
+++ b/app/clients/sms/aws_pinpoint.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def send_sms(self, to, content, reference, multi=True, sender=None, template_id=
 
             except Exception as e:
                 self.statsd_client.incr("clients.pinpoint.error")
-                raise Exception(e)
+                raise e
             finally:
                 elapsed_time = monotonic() - start_time
                 self.current_app.logger.info("AWS Pinpoint request finished in {}".format(elapsed_time))