diff --git a/module_build_service/resolver/MBSResolver.py b/module_build_service/resolver/MBSResolver.py
index 714fdfe0..fe28217b 100644
--- a/module_build_service/resolver/MBSResolver.py
+++ b/module_build_service/resolver/MBSResolver.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class MBSResolver(KojiResolver):
     def __init__(self, db_session, config):
         self.db_session = db_session
         self.mbs_prod_url = config.mbs_url
-        self._generic_error = "Failed to query MBS with query %r returned HTTP status %s"
 
     def _query_from_nsvc(self, name, stream, version=None, context=None, states=None):
         """
@@ -75,8 +74,7 @@ class MBSResolver(KojiResolver):
 
         while True:
             res = requests_session.get(self.mbs_prod_url, params=query)
-            if not res.ok:
-                raise RuntimeError(self._generic_error % (query, res.status_code))
+            res.raise_for_status()
 
             data = res.json()
             modules_per_page = data["items"]
@@ -115,8 +113,7 @@ class MBSResolver(KojiResolver):
         query = {"page": 1, "per_page": 1, "short": True}
         query.update(kwargs)
         res = requests_session.get(self.mbs_prod_url, params=query)
-        if not res.ok:
-            raise RuntimeError(self._generic_error % (query, res.status_code))
+        res.raise_for_status()
 
         data = res.json()
         return data["meta"]["total"]
@@ -139,8 +136,7 @@ class MBSResolver(KojiResolver):
             "virtual_stream": virtual_stream,
         }
         res = requests_session.get(self.mbs_prod_url, params=query)
-        if not res.ok:
-            raise RuntimeError(self._generic_error % (query, res.status_code))
+        res.raise_for_status()
 
         data = res.json()
         if data["items"]: