diff --git a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
index 20780f7343..ca6e51f29a 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ proc genRaiseStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode) =
     initLocExprSingleUse(p, t[0], a)
     finallyActions(p)
     var e = rdLoc(a)
+    discard getTypeDesc(p.module, t[0].typ)
     var typ = skipTypes(t[0].typ, abstractPtrs)
     # XXX For reasons that currently escape me, this is only required by the new
     # C++ based exception handling:
diff --git a/tests/exception/tcpp_imported_exc2.nim b/tests/exception/tcpp_imported_exc2.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff299ea3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/exception/tcpp_imported_exc2.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+discard """
+targets: "cpp"
+output: ""
+"""
+#issue #14369 case 2
+type RuntimeError {.requiresInit, importcpp: "std::runtime_error", header: "<stdexcept>".} = object
+
+proc initRuntimeError(a: cstring): RuntimeError {.importcpp: "std::runtime_error(@)", constructor.}
+try: raise initRuntimeError("foo2")
+except: discard