diff --git a/superset/results_backends.py b/superset/results_backends.py
index 541c0091dcde6..824eb7b2274d3 100644
--- a/superset/results_backends.py
+++ b/superset/results_backends.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
-except:
+except ImportError:
     import pickle
 
 import logging
diff --git a/tests/results_backends_tests.py b/tests/results_backends_tests.py
index 9f4e8dc6b26b8..146759c5f0418 100644
--- a/tests/results_backends_tests.py
+++ b/tests/results_backends_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
-except:
+except ImportError:
     import pickle
 
 import mock