diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django.py
index 424ff0b4f7..c0903f71d9 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django.py
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ def sentry_patched_get_response(self, request):
                     lambda: make_event_processor(request)
                 )
 
-                try:
-                    return old_get_response(self, request)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    capture_exception()
-                    raise e
+                return old_get_response(self, request)
 
         BaseHandler.get_response = sentry_patched_get_response
 
diff --git a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
index a99f924926..e0cd425074 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
@@ -74,3 +74,8 @@ def test_user_captured(client, capture_events):
         "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
         "username": "john",
     }
+
+
+def test_404(client):
+    response = client.get("/404")
+    assert response.status_code == 404