diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/excutils.py b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/excutils.py
index 4af93f35..ebdf1ce2 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/excutils.py
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/excutils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import contextlib
 import logging
 import sys
 import traceback
-
+from six import reraise as raise_
 from sm_api.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
 
 
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ def save_and_reraise_exception():
         logging.error(_('Original exception being dropped: %s'),
                       traceback.format_exception(type_, value, tb))
         raise
-    raise type_, value, tb
+    raise_(type_,value,tb)
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/rpc/impl_fake.py b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/rpc/impl_fake.py
index 331bd28b..edca5eb5 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/rpc/impl_fake.py
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/rpc/impl_fake.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import time
 
 import eventlet
 
+from six import reraise as raise_
 from sm_api.openstack.common.rpc import common as rpc_common
 
 CONSUMERS = {}
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class Consumer(object):
                 # Caller might have called ctxt.reply() manually
                 for (reply, failure) in ctxt._response:
                     if failure:
-                        raise failure[0], failure[1], failure[2]
+                        raise_(failure[0],failure[1],failure[2])
                     res.append(reply)
                 # if ending not 'sent'...we might have more data to
                 # return from the function itself