From 3703dc3176e8742ceb79e59909b7214c7ae80bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Gacon <gaconju@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:59:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix sparse matrix conversion for
 `SciPy<Real/Imaginary>Evolver` (#9598)

* Fix missing indent

* add reno

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Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit e8bfddaeb05653d7ad22dbe1d0c1a09a09799998)
---
 .../algorithms/time_evolvers/classical_methods/evolve.py  | 8 ++++----
 .../fix-numpy-eigensolver-sparse-0e255d7b13b5e43b.yaml    | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qiskit/algorithms/time_evolvers/classical_methods/evolve.py b/qiskit/algorithms/time_evolvers/classical_methods/evolve.py
index e0500266001f..c170a29e4404 100644
--- a/qiskit/algorithms/time_evolvers/classical_methods/evolve.py
+++ b/qiskit/algorithms/time_evolvers/classical_methods/evolve.py
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ def _operator_to_matrix(operator: BaseOperator | PauliSumOp):
                 "Trying dense computation",
                 type(operator),
             )
-        try:
-            op_matrix = operator.to_matrix()
-        except AttributeError as ex:
-            raise AlgorithmError(f"Unsupported operator type `{type(operator)}`.") from ex
+            try:
+                op_matrix = operator.to_matrix()
+            except AttributeError as ex:
+                raise AlgorithmError(f"Unsupported operator type `{type(operator)}`.") from ex
     return op_matrix
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-numpy-eigensolver-sparse-0e255d7b13b5e43b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-numpy-eigensolver-sparse-0e255d7b13b5e43b.yaml
index 2440e729c00e..2013d1eaa050 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/fix-numpy-eigensolver-sparse-0e255d7b13b5e43b.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-numpy-eigensolver-sparse-0e255d7b13b5e43b.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
 fixes:
   - |
-    Fixed a bug in :class:`~.minimum_eigensolvers.NumPyMinimumEigensolver` and 
-    :class:`~.eigensolvers.NumPyEigensolver` where operators that support conversion
+    Fixed a bug in the NumPy-based eigensolvers 
+    (:class:`~.minimum_eigensolvers.NumPyMinimumEigensolver` / 
+    :class:`~.eigensolvers.NumPyEigensolver`)
+    and in the SciPy-based time evolvers (:class:`.SciPyRealEvolver` / 
+    :class:`.SciPyImaginaryEvolver`), where operators that support conversion
     to sparse matrices, such as :class:`.SparsePauliOp`, were converted to dense matrices anyways.