diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway.py
index 5a7ea4b248c..a0595b4b7e1 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway.py
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@
 
 try:
     from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
-except Exception:
-    pass
-    # handled by imported AnsibleAWSModule
+except ImportError:
+    pass  # handled by imported AnsibleAWSModule
 
 from ansible_collections.amazon.aws.plugins.module_utils.core import AnsibleAWSModule
 from time import sleep, time