diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
index 2fdbce73170a..d75af4fe6ac1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/gcsio.py
@@ -825,5 +825,4 @@ def finish(self):
     # Check for exception since the last put() call.
     if self._upload_thread.last_error is not None:
       e = self._upload_thread.last_error
-      raise type(self._upload_thread.last_error)(
-          "Error while uploading file %s" % self._path) from e  # pylint: disable=raising-bad-type
+      raise RuntimeError("Error while uploading file %s" % self._path) from e