diff --git a/src/plugins/export/ExportXml.py b/src/plugins/export/ExportXml.py
index 1216ea912..56c45e86d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/export/ExportXml.py
+++ b/src/plugins/export/ExportXml.py
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ class GrampsXmlWriter(UpdateCallback):
                     g = open(filename,"w")
             except IOError,msg:
                 LOG.warn(str(msg))
-                raise DbWriteFailure((_('Failure writing %s') % filename,
-                                        str(msg)))
+                raise DbWriteFailure(_('Failure writing %s') % filename,
+                                        str(msg))
                 return 0
 
         self.g = codecs.getwriter("utf8")(g)