diff --git a/src/main/resources/python/swagger.mustache b/src/main/resources/python/swagger.mustache
index e06263e8d39..7ea42914a86 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/python/swagger.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/python/swagger.mustache
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class ApiClient:
                         value = attrType(value)
                     except UnicodeEncodeError:
                         value = unicode(value)
+                    except TypeError:
+                        value = value
                     setattr(instance, attr, value)
                 elif (attrType == 'datetime'):
                     setattr(instance, attr, datetime.datetime.strptime(value[:-5],
diff --git a/src/main/resources/python3/swagger.mustache b/src/main/resources/python3/swagger.mustache
index bc6f7ef7ce4..7000827e0ba 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/python3/swagger.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/python3/swagger.mustache
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class ApiClient:
                         value = attrType(value)
                     except UnicodeEncodeError:
                         value = unicode(value)
+                    except TypeError:
+                        value = value
                     setattr(instance, attr, value)
                 elif (attrType == 'datetime'):
                     setattr(instance, attr, datetime.datetime.strptime(value[:-5],