diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
index e92ba03eed..ff681de7a9 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/tools/tool_usage.py
@@ -849,9 +849,12 @@ def _original_tool_calling(
             return ToolUsageError(f"{I18N_DEFAULT.errors('tool_arguments_error')}")
 
         if not isinstance(arguments, dict):
+            tool_arguments_error = ToolUsageError(
+                f"{I18N_DEFAULT.errors('tool_arguments_error')}"
+            )
             if raise_error:
-                raise
-            return ToolUsageError(f"{I18N_DEFAULT.errors('tool_arguments_error')}")
+                raise tool_arguments_error
+            return tool_arguments_error
 
         return ToolCalling(
             tool_name=sanitize_tool_name(tool.name),
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/tools/test_tool_usage.py b/lib/crewai/tests/tools/test_tool_usage.py
index 9d61c93a9b..23c453e656 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/tools/test_tool_usage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/tools/test_tool_usage.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 )
 from crewai.tools import BaseTool
 from crewai.tools.tool_calling import ToolCalling
-from crewai.tools.tool_usage import ToolUsage
+from crewai.tools.tool_usage import ToolUsage, ToolUsageError
 from crewai.utilities.tool_utils import execute_tool_and_check_finality
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 import pytest
@@ -689,6 +689,69 @@ def event_handler(source, event):
         assert "must be a valid dictionary" in event.error
 
 
+def _build_tool_usage_for_original_calling() -> ToolUsage:
+    """Build a minimal ToolUsage instance for exercising _original_tool_calling."""
+    mock_agent = MagicMock()
+    mock_agent.key = "test_key"
+    mock_agent.role = "test_role"
+    mock_agent.verbose = False
+
+    class TestTool(BaseTool):
+        name: str = "Test Tool"
+        description: str = "A test tool"
+
+        def _run(self, input: dict) -> str:
+            return "test result"
+
+    return ToolUsage(
+        tools_handler=MagicMock(),
+        tools=[TestTool()],
+        task=MagicMock(),
+        function_calling_llm=None,
+        agent=mock_agent,
+        action=MagicMock(tool="test_tool", tool_input='{"key": "value"}'),
+    )
+
+
+def test_original_tool_calling_valid_dict_returns_tool_calling():
+    """A valid dict from _validate_tool_input yields a ToolCalling result."""
+    tool_usage = _build_tool_usage_for_original_calling()
+
+    result = tool_usage._original_tool_calling("tool_string", raise_error=False)
+
+    assert isinstance(result, ToolCalling)
+    assert result.tool_name == "test_tool"
+    assert result.arguments == {"key": "value"}
+
+
+def test_original_tool_calling_non_dict_raises_tool_usage_error():
+    """Non-dict validation result with raise_error=True raises ToolUsageError.
+
+    Regression test: previously this path used a bare ``raise`` outside any
+    ``except`` block, producing ``RuntimeError: No active exception to re-raise``
+    instead of a meaningful error.
+    """
+    tool_usage = _build_tool_usage_for_original_calling()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        ToolUsage, "_validate_tool_input", return_value=["not", "a", "dict"]
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(ToolUsageError):
+            tool_usage._original_tool_calling("tool_string", raise_error=True)
+
+
+def test_original_tool_calling_non_dict_returns_error_when_not_raising():
+    """Non-dict validation result with raise_error=False returns a ToolUsageError."""
+    tool_usage = _build_tool_usage_for_original_calling()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        ToolUsage, "_validate_tool_input", return_value=["not", "a", "dict"]
+    ):
+        result = tool_usage._original_tool_calling("tool_string", raise_error=False)
+
+    assert isinstance(result, ToolUsageError)
+
+
 def test_tool_usage_finished_event_with_result():
     """Test that ToolUsageFinishedEvent is emitted with correct result attributes."""
     mock_agent = MagicMock()