diff --git a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
index d0b5a83e465..79df50ca27b 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ class MetadataProxyHandler(object):
             explanation = six.text_type(msg)
             return webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=explanation)
         else:
-            raise Exception(_('Unexpected response code: %s') % resp.status)
+            raise Exception(_('Unexpected response code: %s') %
+                            resp.status_code)
 
     def _sign_instance_id(self, instance_id):
         secret = self.conf.metadata_proxy_shared_secret
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
index 09c6c7fa2c1..f783dbd61e9 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/agent/metadata/test_agent.py
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ class _TestMetadataProxyHandlerCacheMixin(object):
         req = mock.Mock(path_info='/the_path', query_string='', headers=hdrs,
                         method=method, body=body)
         resp = mock.MagicMock(status_code=response_code)
+        resp.status.__str__.side_effect = AttributeError
         resp.content = 'content'
         req.response = resp
         with mock.patch.object(self.handler, '_sign_instance_id') as sign: