diff --git a/pilot/util/tracereport.py b/pilot/util/tracereport.py
index 46cb3e11..5b6d8cbc 100644
--- a/pilot/util/tracereport.py
+++ b/pilot/util/tracereport.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def init(self, job):
 
         try:
             self['hostname'] = socket.gethostbyaddr(hostname)[0]
-        except socket.herror as exc:
+        except (socket.gaierror, socket.herror) as exc:
             logger.warning(f'unable to detect hostname by address for trace report: {exc}')
             self['hostname'] = 'unknown'