diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 62493fbaa9..1aee24b0fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 3.3.10
+    * Fixed a potential error handling bug for the SSLError -> TimeoutError
+      mapping introduced in 3.3.9. hanks @zbristow. #1224
 * 3.3.9
     * Mapped Python 2.7 SSLError to TimeoutError where appropriate. Timeouts
       should now consistently raise TimeoutErrors on Python 2.7 for both
diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 2835a4210c..cfe7078455 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = '3.3.9'
+__version__ = '3.3.10'
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split('.')))
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/redis/_compat.py b/redis/_compat.py
index 39b6619ba7..566945479d 100644
--- a/redis/_compat.py
+++ b/redis/_compat.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             try:
                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
             except _SSLError as e:
-                if any(x in e.args[0] for x in _EXPECTED_SSL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES):
+                if any(x in e.message for x in _EXPECTED_SSL_TIMEOUT_MESSAGES):
                     # Raise socket.timeout for compatibility with Python 3.
                     raise socket.timeout(*e.args)
                 raise