diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_package.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_package.py
index 72442001b63..d7779ae7649 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_package.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/junos/junos_package.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def connect(module):
         device.timeout = get_param(module, 'timeout') or 10
     except ConnectError:
         exc = get_exception()
-        self.raise_exc('unable to connect to %s: %s' % (host, str(exc)))
+        module.fail_json('unable to connect to %s: %s' % (host, str(exc)))
 
     return device