diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
index f84c981d..5d7f14da 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def GenerateOutput(target_list, target_dicts, data, params):
     try:
         # generator_output can be `None` on Windows machines, or even not
         # defined in other cases
-        output_dir = params["options"].generator_output
-    except (AttributeError, KeyError):
+        output_dir = params.get("options").generator_output
+    except AttributeError:
         pass
     output_dir = output_dir or params["generator_flags"].get("output_dir", "out")
     for configuration_name, commands in per_config_commands.items():