diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 88349c9bf9..737b98dd03 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
                 n = netrc.netrc()
                 login, unused, password = n.authenticators(urllib.parse.urlparse(uri).hostname)
                 add_basic_auth("%s:%s" % (login, password), r)
-            except (ImportError, IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError):
+            except (TypeError, ImportError, IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError):
                  pass
 
             opener.open(r)