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 306527f2a4fc..dc1aeac4b7bb 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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.audit.AuditLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.audit.AuditMessage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OzoneManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.ratis.utils.OzoneManagerDoubleBufferHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.ratis.utils.OzoneManagerRatisUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.response.OMClientResponse;
@@ -180,13 +181,22 @@ protected OMResponse createErrorOMResponse(
       @Nonnull OMResponse.Builder omResponse, @Nonnull IOException ex) {
 
     omResponse.setSuccess(false);
-    if (ex.getMessage() != null) {
-      omResponse.setMessage(ex.getMessage());
+    String errorMsg = exceptionErrorMessage(ex);
+    if (errorMsg != null) {
+      omResponse.setMessage(errorMsg);
     }
     omResponse.setStatus(OzoneManagerRatisUtils.exceptionToResponseStatus(ex));
     return omResponse.build();
   }
 
+  private String exceptionErrorMessage(IOException ex) {
+    if (ex instanceof OMException) {
+      return ex.getMessage();
+    } else {
+      return org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.stringifyException(ex);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Log the auditMessage.
    * @param auditLogger