diff --git a/storage/basestorage.py b/storage/basestorage.py
index e5db17788..37d473177 100644
--- a/storage/basestorage.py
+++ b/storage/basestorage.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class BaseStorage(StoragePaths):
           break
         out_fp.write(buf)
         bytes_copied += len(buf)
-      except IOError:
+      except IOError as err:
         logger.error('Failed to stream_write_to_fp: %s', err)
         break