diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonExperimentalClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonExperimentalClientCodegen.java
index d17480ee0290..e5fecbb684df 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonExperimentalClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonExperimentalClientCodegen.java
@@ -1687,13 +1687,12 @@ private MappedModel getDiscriminatorMappedModel(CodegenDiscriminator disc) {
      */
     private void addSchemaToIncludedSchemaList(List<Schema> includedSchemas, Schema schema) {
 
-        // if the schema is in the list, then throw an exception.
-        // this should never happen
+        // if the schema is in the list, issue a warning
         if(includedSchemas.contains(schema)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Attempted to add a schema to the includedSchemas list twice");
+            LOGGER.warn("Attempted to add a schema to the includedSchemas list twice");
+        } else {
+            includedSchemas.add(schema);
         }
-
-        includedSchemas.add(schema);
     }
 
     /***