diff --git a/src/_pytest/mark/legacy.py b/src/_pytest/mark/legacy.py
index 3d7a194b6..80a520a0a 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/mark/legacy.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/mark/legacy.py
@@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ def matchkeyword(colitem, keywordexpr):
             )
     try:
         return eval(keywordexpr, {}, mapping)
-    except SyntaxError:
+    except Exception:
         raise UsageError("Wrong expression passed to '-k': {}".format(keywordexpr))