1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/ma/mrecords.py b/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
index 826fb0f64..ae1a12c2c 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/mrecords.py
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ class MaskedRecords(MaskedArray, object):
             fielddict = ndarray.__getattribute__(self, 'dtype').fields or {}
             optinfo = ndarray.__getattribute__(self, '_optinfo') or {}
             if not (attr in fielddict or attr in optinfo):
-                exctype, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
-                raise exctype(value)
+                raise
         else:
             # Get the list of names
             fielddict = ndarray.__getattribute__(self, 'dtype').fields or {}