From 77f6d1f5cb21b21db43573b8d4477db905dc3b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jan iversen <jancasacondor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:56:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not return an exception in modbus (#51829)

---
 homeassistant/components/modbus/modbus.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/modbus/modbus.py b/homeassistant/components/modbus/modbus.py
index ce4ea8235b4..495a22f8180 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/modbus/modbus.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/modbus/modbus.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class ModbusHub:
             result = self._call_type[use_call][ENTRY_FUNC](address, value, **kwargs)
         except ModbusException as exception_error:
             self._log_error(str(exception_error))
-            result = exception_error
+            return None
         if not hasattr(result, self._call_type[use_call][ENTRY_ATTR]):
             self._log_error(str(result))
             return None