diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/splitter.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/splitter.py
index feb0cd2b34b..fa26242fcfc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/splitter.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/splitter.py
@@ -256,6 +256,6 @@ def split_args(args):
     # If we're done and things are not at zero depth or we're still inside quotes,
     # raise an error to indicate that the args were unbalanced
     if print_depth or block_depth or comment_depth or inside_quotes:
-        raise Exception("error while splitting arguments, either an unbalanced jinja2 block or quotes")
+        raise AnsibleError("error while splitting arguments, either an unbalanced jinja2 block or quotes")
 
     return params