diff --git a/dvc/exceptions.py b/dvc/exceptions.py
index f65f307136..6bc38fb535 100644
--- a/dvc/exceptions.py
+++ b/dvc/exceptions.py
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ class InitError(DvcException):
 
 
 class ReproductionError(DvcException):
-    def __init__(self, dvc_file_name):
-        self.path = dvc_file_name
-        super().__init__(f"failed to reproduce '{dvc_file_name}'")
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        super().__init__(f"failed to reproduce '{name}'")
 
 
 class BadMetricError(DvcException):
diff --git a/dvc/repo/reproduce.py b/dvc/repo/reproduce.py
index 3b2116ec9f..cc252b72be 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/reproduce.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/reproduce.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def _reproduce_stages(
         except CheckpointKilledError:
             raise
         except Exception as exc:
-            raise ReproductionError(stage.relpath) from exc
+            raise ReproductionError(stage.addressing) from exc
 
     if on_unchanged is not None:
         on_unchanged(unchanged)
diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
index 5019602b90..c71570f2c6 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_experiments.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_failed_exp(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, exp_stage, mocker, caplog):
 
     mocker.patch(
         "concurrent.futures.Future.exception",
-        return_value=ReproductionError(exp_stage.relpath),
+        return_value=ReproductionError(exp_stage.addressing),
     )
     with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
         dvc.experiments.run(exp_stage.addressing, tmp_dir=True)