diff --git a/SlevomatCodingStandard/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff.php b/SlevomatCodingStandard/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff.php
index 4dfa9f532..7b0637286 100644
--- a/SlevomatCodingStandard/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff.php
+++ b/SlevomatCodingStandard/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff.php
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $openTagPointer)
 						if (
 							!NamespaceHelper::hasNamespace($name)
 							&& NamespaceHelper::findCurrentNamespaceName($phpcsFile, $pointer) === null
-							&& !in_array($name, ['\Exception', '\Throwable'], true)
-							&& (!StringHelper::endsWith($name, 'Error') || NamespaceHelper::hasNamespace($name))
 						) {
 							$phpcsFile->addError(sprintf(
 								'Type %s should not be referenced via a fully qualified name, but via an unqualified name without the leading \\, because the file does not have a namespace and the type cannot be put in a use statement',
diff --git a/tests/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniffTest.php b/tests/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniffTest.php
index 3e0f6a26b..e8c178cf8 100644
--- a/tests/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniffTest.php
+++ b/tests/Sniffs/Namespaces/ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniffTest.php
@@ -147,19 +147,19 @@ public function testDoNotAllowFullyQualifiedExceptionsInCatch()
 		$this->assertSniffError(
 			$report,
 			22,
-			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME,
+			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME_WITHOUT_NAMESPACE,
 			'\Throwable'
 		);
 		$this->assertSniffError(
 			$report,
 			24,
-			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME,
+			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME_WITHOUT_NAMESPACE,
 			'\Exception'
 		);
 		$this->assertSniffError(
 			$report,
 			26,
-			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME,
+			ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff::CODE_REFERENCE_VIA_FULLY_QUALIFIED_NAME_WITHOUT_NAMESPACE,
 			'\TypeError'
 		);
 		$this->assertSniffError(