diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/services/datasets.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/services/datasets.py
index d08fb1a7f33d..bafb1922bd01 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/services/datasets.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/services/datasets.py
@@ -983,10 +983,9 @@ def _raw_data(
         return data
 
     def _get_indexer(self, trans, dataset):
-        try:
-            indexer = self.data_provider_registry.get_data_provider(trans, original_dataset=dataset, source="index")
-            if indexer is None:
-                raise Exception("No indexer available for this dataset")
-            return indexer
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise galaxy_exceptions.ObjectNotFound(f"Error getting indexer: {util.unicodify(e)}")
+        indexer = self.data_provider_registry.get_data_provider(trans, original_dataset=dataset, source="index")
+        if indexer is None:
+            msg = f"No indexer available for dataset {self.encode_id(dataset.id)}"
+            log.exception(msg)
+            raise galaxy_exceptions.ObjectNotFound(msg)
+        return indexer