diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/backend.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/backend.py
index 9eaf871fb..94d436a56 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/backend.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/backend.py
@@ -820,9 +820,12 @@ def get_command(mode, checkdeps=False):
     def copy_build_results(self, results):
         self.buildroot.root_log.debug("Copying packages to result dir")
         ret = []
-        for item in results:
-            shutil.copy2(item, self.buildroot.resultdir)
-            ret.append(os.path.join(self.buildroot.resultdir, os.path.split(item)[1]))
+        try:
+            for item in results:
+                shutil.copy2(item, self.buildroot.resultdir)
+                ret.append(os.path.join(self.buildroot.resultdir, os.path.split(item)[1]))
+        except OSError as err:
+            raise Error(f"Can not copy {item} into resultdir {self.buildroot.resultdir}: {err}") from err
         return ret
 
     @traceLog()
diff --git a/releng/release-notes-next/rhbz-2254328.bugfix b/releng/release-notes-next/rhbz-2254328.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dbd48d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/release-notes-next/rhbz-2254328.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+No more ugly tracebacks for "no space left on device" (and similar
+`OSError`s) related to copying built artifacts to `--resultdir`,
+[rhbz#2261758][].