diff --git a/utilities/pm-qos-mgr/src/pm_qos_mgr/pm_qos_mgr.py b/utilities/pm-qos-mgr/src/pm_qos_mgr/pm_qos_mgr.py
index 9076ee62..02ab3265 100644
--- a/utilities/pm-qos-mgr/src/pm_qos_mgr/pm_qos_mgr.py
+++ b/utilities/pm-qos-mgr/src/pm_qos_mgr/pm_qos_mgr.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def main():
 
     try:
         notifier.loop()
-    except pyinotify.NotifierError, err:
+    except pyinotify.NotifierError as err:
         LOG.error('Problem with notifier.loop(), error: %s', err)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":