diff --git a/test/test_wrapper.py b/test/test_wrapper.py
index 605cffc561b1796dd199d2e9398a9b5fcaaa3dd8..4dcd118383b2bae223c77895e1cbe4db5050bdb6 100644
--- a/test/test_wrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_wrapper.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class TestCL:
             a_img = cl.image_from_array(context, a, num_channels)
         except cl.RuntimeError:
             import sys
-            exc = sys.exc_value
+            exc = sys.exc_info()[1]
             if exc.code == cl.status_code.IMAGE_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED:
                 from py.test import skip
                 skip("required image format not supported on %s" % device.name)