diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 1b3bb84018..19173ae7ba 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -1691,8 +1691,13 @@ class CookerParser(object):
         except Exception as exc:
             self.error += 1
             etype, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
-            logger.error('Unable to parse %s', value.recipe,
-                         exc_info=(etype, value, exc.traceback))
+            if hasattr(value, "recipe"):
+                logger.error('Unable to parse %s', value.recipe,
+                            exc_info=(etype, value, exc.traceback))
+            else:
+                # Most likely, an exception occurred during raising an exception
+                import traceback
+                logger.error('Exception during parse: %s' % traceback.format_exc())
             self.shutdown(clean=False)
             return False