diff --git a/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py b/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
index c1fee89883..9904462ce5 100644
--- a/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
+++ b/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, request, view=None):
         if search_after:
             try:
                 queryset = queryset.extra(search_after=json.loads(search_after))
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                raise ValueError("Invalid JSON format for search_after parameter")
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid JSON format for search_after parameter") from exc
 
         queryset = super().paginate_queryset(queryset, request, view)