diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_common.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_common.py
index 40dba788e22..8bc2f86a4c8 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_common.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/dell_emc/sc/storagecenter_common.py
@@ -2031,6 +2031,6 @@ class SCCommonDriver(driver.ManageableVD,
                     'back-end or resolve primary system issues and '
                     'fail back to reenable full functionality.')
             LOG.error(msg)
-            raise exception.Invalid(reason=msg)
+            raise exception.Invalid(msg)
 
         return True
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/dothill/dothill_common.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/dothill/dothill_common.py
index 4e96f9d93ee..5d83e113775 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/dothill/dothill_common.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/dothill/dothill_common.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class DotHillCommon(object):
             err = (_("Unable to get stats for backend_name: %s") %
                    self.backend_name)
             LOG.exception(err)
-            raise exception.Invalid(reason=err)
+            raise exception.Invalid(err)
 
         stats['pools'].append(pool)
         self.stats = stats
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/fujitsu/eternus_dx/eternus_dx_common.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/fujitsu/eternus_dx/eternus_dx_common.py
index 7de2b4bc548..4a02238e937 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/fujitsu/eternus_dx/eternus_dx_common.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/fujitsu/eternus_dx/eternus_dx_common.py
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ class FJDXCommon(object):
                      'Error: Volume is in Busy state')
                    % {'cpsession': cpsession,
                       'operation': operation})
-            raise exception.VolumeIsBusy(data=msg)
+            raise exception.VolumeIsBusy(msg)
         elif rc != 0:
             msg = (_('_delete_copysession, '
                      'copysession: %(cpsession)s, '
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/hpe/hpe_3par_common.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/hpe/hpe_3par_common.py
index 9728db36cc8..35e11e0a79a 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/hpe/hpe_3par_common.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/hpe/hpe_3par_common.py
@@ -3221,12 +3221,12 @@ class HPE3PARCommon(object):
             if not (host_type == 'HPE3PARDriver'):
                 reason = (_("Cannot retype from HPE3PARDriver to %s.") %
                           host_type)
-                raise exception.InvalidHost(reason)
+                raise exception.InvalidHost(reason=reason)
 
             sys_info = self.client.getStorageSystemInfo()
             if not (host_id == sys_info['serialNumber']):
                 reason = (_("Cannot retype from one 3PAR array to another."))
-                raise exception.InvalidHost(reason)
+                raise exception.InvalidHost(reason=reason)
 
         # Validate new_snap_cpg.  A white-space snapCPG will fail eventually,
         # but we'd prefer to fail fast -- if this ever happens.
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/ibm_storage/ds8k_restclient.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/ibm_storage/ds8k_restclient.py
index cf56d7fa29b..742aeeb6caa 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/ibm_storage/ds8k_restclient.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/ibm_storage/ds8k_restclient.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class RESTScheduler(object):
         # verify the method
         if method not in ('GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE'):
             msg = _("Invalid HTTP method: %s") % method
-            raise APIException(data=msg)
+            raise APIException(msg)
 
         # prepare the url
         url = "https://%s:%s/api/v1%s" % (self.host, self.port, endpoint)
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/utils/data_motion.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/utils/data_motion.py
index e4010ecedbf..e60f48ba632 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/utils/data_motion.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/dataontap/utils/data_motion.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class DataMotionMixin(object):
                 desired_attributes=['relationship-status', 'mirror-state'])[0]
             if snapmirror.get('relationship-status') != 'quiesced':
                 msg = _("SnapMirror relationship is not quiesced.")
-                raise na_utils.NetAppDriverException(reason=msg)
+                raise na_utils.NetAppDriverException(msg)
 
         try:
             wait_for_quiesced()
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/utils.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/utils.py
index 24bffe485ed..a55c4c6e26c 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/utils.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/netapp/utils.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def setup_api_trace_pattern(api_trace_pattern):
     except (re.error, TypeError):
         msg = _('Cannot parse the API trace pattern. %s is not a '
                 'valid python regular expression.') % api_trace_pattern
-        raise exception.InvalidConfigurationValue(reason=msg)
+        raise exception.InvalidConfigurationValue(msg)
     API_TRACE_PATTERN = api_trace_pattern