diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/OMClientRequest.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/OMClientRequest.java
index 306527f2a4fcd..bc6c3601cdd4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/OMClientRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/OMClientRequest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.acl.IAccessAuthorizer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.acl.OzoneObj;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
-
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 /**
@@ -181,7 +180,8 @@ protected OMResponse createErrorOMResponse(
 
     omResponse.setSuccess(false);
     if (ex.getMessage() != null) {
-      omResponse.setMessage(ex.getMessage());
+      omResponse.setMessage(org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils
+          .stringifyException(ex));
     }
     omResponse.setStatus(OzoneManagerRatisUtils.exceptionToResponseStatus(ex));
     return omResponse.build();
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/key/OMKeyRequest.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/key/OMKeyRequest.java
index 8e1e7605a12c6..06addac1b7b95 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/key/OMKeyRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/request/key/OMKeyRequest.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ protected List< OmKeyLocationInfo > allocateBlock(ScmClient scmClient,
         throw new OMException(ex.getMessage(),
             OMException.ResultCodes.SCM_IN_SAFE_MODE);
       }
-      throw ex;
+      throw new IOException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
     }
     for (AllocatedBlock allocatedBlock : allocatedBlocks) {
       OmKeyLocationInfo.Builder builder = new OmKeyLocationInfo.Builder()
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index 6f8e9df938d58..9f495ef2c3ca1 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import com.google.protobuf.RpcController;
 import com.google.protobuf.ServiceException;
 import io.opentracing.Scope;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.ratis.protocol.RaftPeerId;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.ExitUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ private OMResponse createErrorResponse(
         .setCmdType(cmdType)
         .setSuccess(false);
     if (exception.getMessage() != null) {
-      omResponse.setMessage(exception.getMessage());
+      omResponse.setMessage(StringUtils.stringifyException(exception));
     }
     return omResponse.build();
   }