diff --git a/procrastinate/worker.py b/procrastinate/worker.py
index bd95611c7..e3d712563 100644
--- a/procrastinate/worker.py
+++ b/procrastinate/worker.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def find_exception_to_re_raise(
             # (e.g. a CancelledError, SystemExit, etc.) then we want to persist the
             # outcome of the job before propagating the exception further up the
             # call stack.
-            return ex.__cause__ if not isinstance(e.__cause__, Exception) else None
+            return ex.__cause__ if not isinstance(ex.__cause__, Exception) else None
 
         status, retry_at = None, None
         exception_to_re_raise = None