diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackConnection.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackConnection.py
index e3977dcf7d4..b092ef0c32f 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackConnection.py
+++ b/tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackConnection.py
@@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ class cloudConnection(object):
             cmdname, self.auth, payload=payload, method=method)
         self.logging.debug("Request: %s Response: %s" %
                            (response.url, response.text))
-        response = jsonHelper.getResultObj(response.json(), response_type)
+        try:
+            response = jsonHelper.getResultObj(response.json(), response_type)
+        except TypeError:
+            response = jsonHelper.getResultObj(response.json, response_type)
 
         if isAsync == "false":
             return response