diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
index 9b15166361a..412362fc447 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/strings.json
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
     "timeout": {
       "message": "Timeout waiting on a response: {err}"
     },
+    "unexpected": {
+      "message": "Unexpected Reolink error: {err}"
+    },
     "firmware_install_error": {
       "message": "Error trying to update Reolink firmware: {err}"
     },
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py b/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
index f10da8e4b96..bf7018dfba2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/reolink/util.py
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ def raise_translated_error(
                 translation_placeholders={"err": str(err)},
             ) from err
         except ReolinkError as err:
-            raise HomeAssistantError(err) from err
+            raise HomeAssistantError(
+                translation_domain=DOMAIN,
+                translation_key="unexpected",
+                translation_placeholders={"err": str(err)},
+            ) from err
 
     return decorator_raise_translated_error