diff --git a/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/Assertions.scala b/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/Assertions.scala
index ef03b49d..5f05d7a5 100644
--- a/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/Assertions.scala
+++ b/munit/shared/src/main/scala/munit/Assertions.scala
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ trait Assertions extends MacroCompat.CompileErrorMacro {
       fail(expectedExceptionMsg)
     } catch {
       case e: FailExceptionLike[_]
-          if !T.runtimeClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass()) ||
-            e.getMessage.contains(expectedExceptionMsg) =>
+          if !T.runtimeClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass()) =>
+        throw e
+      case e: FailExceptionLike[_]
+          if e.getMessage.contains(expectedExceptionMsg) =>
         throw e
       case NonFatal(e) =>
         if (T.runtimeClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass())) {
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/munit/FailExceptionSuite.scala b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/munit/FailExceptionSuite.scala
index 33237a4c..1c4ce12c 100644
--- a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/munit/FailExceptionSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/munit/FailExceptionSuite.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class FailExceptionSuite extends BaseSuite {
     assert(clue(e).isInstanceOf[Serializable])
   }
 
-test("assertion-error-no-exception") {
+  test("assertion-error-no-exception") {
     try {
       intercept[AssertionError] {
         println("throwing no exception!")