diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_list.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_list.py
index c60fcca..7d76731 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_list.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_list.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
 from tempest.api.compute import base
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
 from tempest import test
 
 CONF = config.CONF
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class VolumesTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
@@ -59,21 +62,16 @@
                 volume = cls.client.show_volume(volume['id'])['volume']
                 cls.volume_list.append(volume)
                 cls.volume_id_list.append(volume['id'])
-            except Exception:
+            except Exception as exc:
+                LOG.exception(exc)
                 if cls.volume_list:
                     # We could not create all the volumes, though we were able
                     # to create *some* of the volumes. This is typically
                     # because the backing file size of the volume group is
-                    # too small. So, here, we clean up whatever we did manage
-                    # to create and raise a SkipTest
+                    # too small.
                     for volume in cls.volume_list:
                         cls.delete_volume(volume['id'])
-                    msg = ("Failed to create ALL necessary volumes to run "
-                           "test. This typically means that the backing file "
-                           "size of the nova-volumes group is too small to "
-                           "create the 3 volumes needed by this test case")
-                    raise cls.skipException(msg)
-                raise
+                raise exc
 
     @classmethod
     def resource_cleanup(cls):