diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/sqlite_span_processor.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/sqlite_span_processor.py
index 168808bf8..b39ee7716 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/sqlite_span_processor.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/sqlite_span_processor.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SQLiteSpanProcessor(SpanProcessor):
                 self._local.conn = sqlite3.connect(self.conn_string)
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error connecting to SQLite database: {e}")
-                raise e
+                raise
         return self._local.conn
 
     def setup_database(self):