diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 142d833c715..0435132fef5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ env:
       database/vertica/vertica_schema.py
       database/vertica/vertica_user.py
       f5/bigip_gtm_virtual_server.py
-      files/patch.py
       monitoring/bigpanda.py
       monitoring/boundary_meter.py
       monitoring/circonus_annotation.py
diff --git a/files/patch.py b/files/patch.py
index af3178ba3a3..123d667fdbf 100644
--- a/files/patch.py
+++ b/files/patch.py
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ def main():
             apply_patch( patch_func, p.src, p.basedir, dest_file=p.dest, binary=p.binary, strip=p.strip,
                          dry_run=module.check_mode, backup=p.backup )
             changed = True
-        except PatchError, e:
+        except PatchError:
+            e = get_exception()
             module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed)