diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
index 74e5568df7..06baadba1d 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
+import functools
+
 import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 import swiftclient
 
@@ -36,6 +38,18 @@ GLOBAL_READ_ACL = ".r:*"
 LIST_CONTENTS_ACL = ".rlistings"
 
 
+def safe_swift_exception(function):
+    @functools.wraps(function)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return function(*args, **kwargs)
+        except swiftclient.client.ClientException as e:
+            e.http_scheme = e.http_host = e.http_port = ''
+            raise e
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
 class Container(base.APIDictWrapper):
     pass
 
@@ -136,6 +150,7 @@ def swift_object_exists(request, container_name, object_name):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_get_containers(request, marker=None, prefix=None):
     limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
     headers, containers = swift_api(request).get_account(limit=limit + 1,
@@ -150,6 +165,7 @@ def swift_get_containers(request, marker=None, prefix=None):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_get_container(request, container_name, with_data=True):
     if with_data:
         headers, data = swift_api(request).get_object(container_name, "")
@@ -184,6 +200,7 @@ def swift_get_container(request, container_name, with_data=True):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_create_container(request, name, metadata=({})):
     if swift_container_exists(request, name):
         raise exceptions.AlreadyExists(name, 'container')
@@ -193,6 +210,7 @@ def swift_create_container(request, name, metadata=({})):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_update_container(request, name, metadata=({})):
     headers = _metadata_to_header(metadata)
     swift_api(request).post_container(name, headers=headers)
@@ -200,6 +218,7 @@ def swift_update_container(request, name, metadata=({})):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_delete_container(request, name):
     # It cannot be deleted if it's not empty. The batch remove of objects
     # be done in swiftclient instead of Horizon.
@@ -214,6 +233,7 @@ def swift_delete_container(request, name):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_get_objects(request, container_name, prefix=None, marker=None,
                       limit=None):
     limit = limit or getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
@@ -233,6 +253,7 @@ def swift_get_objects(request, container_name, prefix=None, marker=None,
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_filter_objects(request, filter_string, container_name, prefix=None,
                          marker=None):
     # FIXME(kewu): Swift currently has no real filtering API, thus the marker
@@ -269,6 +290,7 @@ def wildcard_search(string, q):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_copy_object(request, orig_container_name, orig_object_name,
                       new_container_name, new_object_name):
     if swift_object_exists(request, new_container_name, new_object_name):
@@ -286,6 +308,7 @@ def swift_copy_object(request, orig_container_name, orig_object_name,
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_upload_object(request, container_name, object_name,
                         object_file=None):
     headers = {}
@@ -305,6 +328,7 @@ def swift_upload_object(request, container_name, object_name,
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_create_pseudo_folder(request, container_name, pseudo_folder_name):
     # Make sure the folder name doesn't already exist.
     if swift_object_exists(request, container_name, pseudo_folder_name):
@@ -324,12 +348,14 @@ def swift_create_pseudo_folder(request, container_name, pseudo_folder_name):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_delete_object(request, container_name, object_name):
     swift_api(request).delete_object(container_name, object_name)
     return True
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_delete_folder(request, container_name, object_name):
     objects, more = swift_get_objects(request, container_name,
                                       prefix=object_name)
@@ -350,6 +376,7 @@ def swift_delete_folder(request, container_name, object_name):
 
 
 @profiler.trace
+@safe_swift_exception
 def swift_get_object(request, container_name, object_name, with_data=True,
                      resp_chunk_size=CHUNK_SIZE):
     if with_data: