diff --git a/examples/dump-properties.py b/examples/dump-properties.py
index 68d937a526c5f698ad584a6a9d4ced5af5435416..824a75054fc5df3da261eb1aa0e27713a73255b1 100644
--- a/examples/dump-properties.py
+++ b/examples/dump-properties.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ def print_info(obj, info_cls):
                     cl.device_partition_property_ext.to_string(v,
                         "<unknown device partition property %d>") for v in info_value]))
             else:
-                print("%s: %s" % (info_name, info_value))
+                try:
+                    print("%s: %s" % (info_name, info_value))
+                except:
+                    print("%s: <error>") % info_name
 
 for platform in cl.get_platforms():
     print(75*"=")