diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 0bb2ea39a..796a54324 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -498,21 +498,21 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
 
     def lfs_fetch(self, ud, d, clonedir, revision, fetchall=False, progresshandler=None):
         """Helper method for fetching Git LFS data"""
-        try:
-            if self._need_lfs(ud) and self._contains_lfs(ud, d, clonedir) and len(revision):
-                self._ensure_git_lfs(d, ud)
+        if self._need_lfs(ud) and self._contains_lfs(ud, d, clonedir) and len(revision):
+            self._ensure_git_lfs(d, ud)
+
+            # Using worktree with the revision because .lfsconfig may exists
+            worktree_add_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['worktree', 'add', 'wt', revision]
+            # Disable LFS smudging on worktree creation to make it easier
+            # to understand which operation actually failed.
+            runfetchcmd(worktree_add_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=clonedir, extraenv={'GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE':'1'})
+            lfs_fetch_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['lfs', 'fetch']
+            if fetchall:
+                lfs_fetch_cmd.append('--all')
+            runfetchcmd(lfs_fetch_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=(clonedir + "/wt"))
+            worktree_rem_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['worktree', 'remove', '-f', 'wt']
+            runfetchcmd(worktree_rem_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=clonedir)
 
-                # Using worktree with the revision because .lfsconfig may exists
-                worktree_add_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['worktree', 'add', 'wt', revision]
-                runfetchcmd(worktree_add_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=clonedir)
-                lfs_fetch_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['lfs', 'fetch']
-                if fetchall:
-                    lfs_fetch_cmd.append('--all')
-                runfetchcmd(lfs_fetch_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=(clonedir + "/wt"))
-                worktree_rem_cmd = ud.basecmd + ['worktree', 'remove', '-f', 'wt']
-                runfetchcmd(worktree_rem_cmd, d, log=progresshandler, workdir=clonedir)
-        except:
-            logger.warning("Fetching LFS did not succeed.")
 
     @contextmanager
     def create_atomic(self, filename):
diff --git a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index a1e4b45f8..813d401b6 100644
--- a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -2807,6 +2807,21 @@ class GitLfsTest(FetcherTest):
             shutil.rmtree(self.gitdir, ignore_errors=True)
             fetcher.unpack(self.d.getVar('WORKDIR'))
 
+    @skipIfNoGitLFS()
+    def test_lfs_fetch_failure_raises(self):
+        self.commit_file("a.mp3", "version 1")
+
+        uri = 'git://%s;protocol=file;lfs=1;branch=master' % self.srcdir
+        self.d.setVar('SRC_URI', uri)
+
+        # Simulate a fetch failure by removing the .git/lfs/objects directory
+        # from the source repository
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(self.srcdir, ".git", "lfs", "objects"))
+
+        # Test than exception is raised when LFS objects could not be fetched
+        with self.assertRaises(bb.fetch2.FetchError):
+            self.fetch()
+
 class GitURLWithSpacesTest(FetcherTest):
     test_git_urls = {
         "git://tfs-example.org:22/tfs/example%20path/example.git;branch=master" : {