diff --git a/tools/pingproxy.py b/tools/pingproxy.py
index fb6c4b9..52d76f9 100755
--- a/tools/pingproxy.py
+++ b/tools/pingproxy.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def run(self):
             self.clients[address].parse(data)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            if hasattr(e, 'errno') and e.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
+            if isinstance(e, OSError) and e.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
                 pass  # waiting for data
             else:
                 print("Error reading data", e)