diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
index 4e09d0c7b22..13a81ee4013 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class HashiVault:
         try:
             import hvac
         except ImportError:
-            AnsibleError("Please pip install hvac to use this module")
+            raise AnsibleError("Please pip install hvac to use this module")
 
         self.url = kwargs.pop('url')
         self.secret = kwargs.pop('secret')