diff --git a/bench/cli.py b/bench/cli.py
index 7ac353df..fd419d00 100755
--- a/bench/cli.py
+++ b/bench/cli.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def get_frappe_commands(bench_path='.'):
 		# output = output.decode('utf-8')
 		return json.loads(output)
 	except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-		if e.stderr:
+		if hasattr(e, "stderr"):
 			print(e.stderr.decode('utf-8'))
 		return []