diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py
index 76bba42acfbad..d0ed9c3f50d15 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ def check_response(self, response):
                         message = value["value"]
                         if not isinstance(message, basestring):
                             value = message
-                            try:
-                                message = message['message']
-                            except TypeError:
-                                message = None
+                            message = message.get('message')
                     else:
                         message = value.get('message', None)
                 except ValueError: