diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/edgeos/edgeos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/edgeos/edgeos.py
index 50e53986362..7d5a8430c2c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/edgeos/edgeos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/edgeos/edgeos.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import json
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import to_list
-from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
 
 _DEVICE_CONFIGS = None
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/routeros/routeros.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/routeros/routeros.py
index 4e35e7a04c7..03a8bfc9165 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/routeros/routeros.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/routeros/routeros.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import json
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback, return_values
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import to_list, ComplexList
-from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
 
 _DEVICE_CONFIGS = {}