diff --git a/swift/common/manager.py b/swift/common/manager.py
index a19ade2215..f04f2a3e4b 100644
--- a/swift/common/manager.py
+++ b/swift/common/manager.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class Manager(object):
                         except OSError as e:
                             # PID died before kill_group can take action?
                             if e.errno != errno.ESRCH:
-                                raise e
+                                raise
                 else:
                     print(_('Waited %(kill_wait)s seconds for %(server)s '
                             'to die; giving up') %
diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index d3ef5a7dcb..60036489b0 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ def get_logger(conf, name=None, log_to_console=False, log_route=None,
         except socket.error as e:
             # Either /dev/log isn't a UNIX socket or it does not exist at all
             if e.errno not in [errno.ENOTSOCK, errno.ENOENT]:
-                raise e
+                raise
             handler = SysLogHandler(facility=facility)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)