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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 8300e4d8a7..20f7f22227 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import spack.dependency as dp
import spack.deptypes as dt
import spack.error
import spack.hash_types as ht
+import spack.patch
import spack.paths
import spack.platforms
import spack.provider_index
@@ -3906,7 +3907,15 @@ class Spec:
for sha256 in self.variants["patches"]._patches_in_order_of_appearance:
index = spack.repo.PATH.patch_index
pkg_cls = spack.repo.PATH.get_pkg_class(self.name)
- patch = index.patch_for_package(sha256, pkg_cls)
+ try:
+ patch = index.patch_for_package(sha256, pkg_cls)
+ except spack.patch.PatchLookupError as e:
+ raise spack.error.SpecError(
+ f"{e}. This usually means the patch was modified or removed. "
+ "To fix this, either reconcretize or use the original package "
+ "repository"
+ ) from e
+
self._patches.append(patch)
return self._patches