diff --git a/pwnlib/tubes/ssh.py b/pwnlib/tubes/ssh.py
index 8f19b57a2..b714a5660 100644
--- a/pwnlib/tubes/ssh.py
+++ b/pwnlib/tubes/ssh.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent, host, port, *a, **kw):
             try:
                 self.sock = parent.transport.open_channel('direct-tcpip', (host, port), ('127.0.0.1', 0))
             except Exception as e:
-                self.exception(e.message)
+                self.exception(str(e))
                 raise
 
             try: