diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py b/src/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py
index 76b35d841c..6b1c947c8e 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/hf_api.py
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@ def create_repo(
                         return RepoUrl(f"{self.endpoint}/{repo_id}")
                     return RepoUrl(f"{self.endpoint}/{repo_type}/{repo_id}")
                 except HfHubHTTPError:
-                    raise
+                    raise err
             else:
                 raise