diff --git a/include/mxnet/c_api_error.h b/include/mxnet/c_api_error.h
index 0c6ea03fa459..e76a2c99f8d3 100644
--- a/include/mxnet/c_api_error.h
+++ b/include/mxnet/c_api_error.h
@@ -31,9 +31,26 @@
  * and finishes with API_END() or API_END_HANDLE_ERROR()
  * The finally clause contains procedure to cleanup states when an error happens.
  */
-#define MX_API_BEGIN() try { on_enter_api(__FUNCTION__);
-#define MX_API_END() } catch(dmlc::Error &_except_) { on_exit_api(); return MXAPIHandleException(_except_); } on_exit_api(); return 0;  // NOLINT(*)
-#define MX_API_END_HANDLE_ERROR(Finalize) } catch(dmlc::Error &_except_) { Finalize; on_exit_api(); return MXAPIHandleException(_except_); } on_exit_api(); return 0; // NOLINT(*)
+#define MX_API_BEGIN()                                                         \
+  try {                                                                        \
+    on_enter_api(__FUNCTION__);
+#define MX_API_END()                                                           \
+  }                                                                            \
+  catch (const std::exception &_except_) {                                     \
+    on_exit_api();                                                             \
+    return MXAPIHandleException(_except_);                                     \
+  }                                                                            \
+  on_exit_api();                                                               \
+  return 0; // NOLINT(*)
+#define MX_API_END_HANDLE_ERROR(Finalize)                                      \
+  }                                                                            \
+  catch (const std::exception &_except_) {                                     \
+    Finalize;                                                                  \
+    on_exit_api();                                                             \
+    return MXAPIHandleException(_except_);                                     \
+  }                                                                            \
+  on_exit_api();                                                               \
+  return 0; // NOLINT(*)
 /*!
  * \brief Set the last error message needed by C API
  * \param msg The error message to set.
@@ -44,7 +61,7 @@ void MXAPISetLastError(const char* msg);
  * \param e the exception
  * \return the return value of API after exception is handled
  */
-inline int MXAPIHandleException(const dmlc::Error &e) {
+inline int MXAPIHandleException(const std::exception &e) {
   MXAPISetLastError(e.what());
   return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/threaded_engine.h b/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
index 3d2119d63291..7cf181ec3781 100644
--- a/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
+++ b/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class ThreadedEngine : public Engine {
           } else {
             callback();
           }
-        } catch (dmlc::Error& e) {
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
           threaded_opr->opr_exception =
               std::make_shared<std::exception_ptr>(std::current_exception());
           callback();
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_exc_handling.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_exc_handling.py
index 5627ac50d26e..960a4e8d1364 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_exc_handling.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_exc_handling.py
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@ def test_multiple_waitalls():
     mx.nd.waitall()
 
 @with_seed()
-def test_exc_profiler():
-    def run_training_iteration(data):
-        output = net(data)
+def run_training_iteration(data):
+    output = net(data)
 
     net = gluon.nn.HybridSequential()
     with net.name_scope():
@@ -182,6 +181,14 @@ def run_training_iteration(data):
     mx.nd.waitall()
     mx.profiler.set_state("stop")
 
+@with_seed()
+def test_opencv_exception():
+    def check_resize():
+        img = mx.nd.ones((1200, 1600, 3))
+        img = mx.image.imresize(img, 320, 320, interp=-1)
+        img.asnumpy()
+    assert_raises(MXNetError, check_resize)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import nose