diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 48d3827e2..ed0ce3dea 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ class Coder:
         except openai.error.InvalidRequestError as err:
             if "maximum context length" in str(err):
                 exhausted = True
+            else:
+                raise err
 
         if exhausted:
             self.num_exhausted_context_windows += 1