diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1581798bc..1b49c27f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ linux (4.19~rc6-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/bin, debian/lib/python: Clean up imports based on pyflakes report
   * debian/bin, debian/lib/python: Delete write-only vars reported by pyflakes
   * debian/lib/python/debian_linux/gencontrol.py: Delete broken methods
+  * debian/lib/python/debian_linux/config.py: Fix undefined exception type
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:40:54 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/config.py b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/config.py
index 741a9cd3e..37e3764ab 100644
--- a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/config.py
+++ b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/config.py
@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ class SchemaItemBoolean(object):
             return True
         if i in ("false", "0"):
             return False
-        raise Error
+        raise ValueError
 
 
 class SchemaItemInteger(object):
     def __call__(self, i):
-        try:
-            return int(i.strip(), 0)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise Error
+        return int(i.strip(), 0)
 
 
 class SchemaItemList(object):