diff --git a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
index 5eecbf96..fd52a22b 100755
--- a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
+++ b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ def _wait_for_msg(self, timeout=0.1):
         if hasattr(self._socket_pool, "timeout"):
             try:
                 res = self._sock_exact_recv(1)
-            except self._socket_pool.timeout as error:
+            except self._socket_pool.timeout:
                 return None
         else:  # socketpool, esp32spi
             try: