diff --git a/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py b/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
index 591db0d2972..1e96d107017 100644
--- a/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/agentschedulers_db.py
@@ -263,14 +263,13 @@ class DhcpAgentSchedulerDbMixin(dhcpagentscheduler
         cutoff = self.get_cutoff_time(agent_dead_limit)
 
         context = ncontext.get_admin_context()
-        down_bindings = (
-            context.session.query(NetworkDhcpAgentBinding).
-            join(agents_db.Agent).
-            filter(agents_db.Agent.heartbeat_timestamp < cutoff,
-                   agents_db.Agent.admin_state_up))
-        dhcp_notifier = self.agent_notifiers.get(constants.AGENT_TYPE_DHCP)
-
         try:
+            down_bindings = (
+                context.session.query(NetworkDhcpAgentBinding).
+                join(agents_db.Agent).
+                filter(agents_db.Agent.heartbeat_timestamp < cutoff,
+                       agents_db.Agent.admin_state_up))
+            dhcp_notifier = self.agent_notifiers.get(constants.AGENT_TYPE_DHCP)
             dead_bindings = [b for b in
                              self._filter_bindings(context, down_bindings)]
             agents = self.get_agents_db(
diff --git a/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py b/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
index f372d9fcad4..c287b83619b 100644
--- a/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/l3_agentschedulers_db.py
@@ -98,17 +98,20 @@ class L3AgentSchedulerDbMixin(l3agentscheduler.L3AgentSchedulerPluginBase,
         cutoff = self.get_cutoff_time(agent_dead_limit)
 
         context = n_ctx.get_admin_context()
-        down_bindings = (
-            context.session.query(RouterL3AgentBinding).
-            join(agents_db.Agent).
-            filter(agents_db.Agent.heartbeat_timestamp < cutoff,
-                   agents_db.Agent.admin_state_up).
-            outerjoin(l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes,
-                      l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.router_id ==
-                      RouterL3AgentBinding.router_id).
-            filter(sa.or_(l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.ha == sql.false(),
-                          l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.ha == sql.null())))
         try:
+            down_bindings = (
+                context.session.query(RouterL3AgentBinding).
+                join(agents_db.Agent).
+                filter(agents_db.Agent.heartbeat_timestamp < cutoff,
+                       agents_db.Agent.admin_state_up).
+                outerjoin(l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes,
+                          l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.router_id ==
+                          RouterL3AgentBinding.router_id).
+                filter(sa.or_(l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.ha ==
+                              sql.false(),
+                              l3_attrs_db.RouterExtraAttributes.ha ==
+                              sql.null())))
+
             agents_back_online = set()
             for binding in down_bindings:
                 if binding.l3_agent_id in agents_back_online:
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_agentschedulers_db.py b/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_agentschedulers_db.py
index d549fd41659..a4a3690cbb5 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_agentschedulers_db.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_agentschedulers_db.py
@@ -683,6 +683,16 @@ class OvsAgentSchedulerTestCase(OvsAgentSchedulerTestCaseBase):
             self._take_down_agent_and_run_reschedule(L3_HOSTA)  # Value error
             self._take_down_agent_and_run_reschedule(L3_HOSTA)  # Exception
 
+    def test_router_rescheduler_catches_exceptions_on_fetching_bindings(self):
+        with mock.patch('neutron.context.get_admin_context') as get_ctx:
+            mock_ctx = mock.Mock()
+            get_ctx.return_value = mock_ctx
+            mock_ctx.session.query.side_effect = db_exc.DBError()
+            plugin = manager.NeutronManager.get_service_plugins().get(
+                service_constants.L3_ROUTER_NAT)
+            # check that no exception is raised
+            plugin.reschedule_routers_from_down_agents()
+
     def test_router_rescheduler_iterates_after_reschedule_failure(self):
         plugin = manager.NeutronManager.get_service_plugins().get(
             service_constants.L3_ROUTER_NAT)
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dhcp_agent_scheduler.py b/neutron/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
index 71bc94c7a3c..bcf20ef0b94 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dhcp_agent_scheduler.py
@@ -332,6 +332,14 @@ class TestNetworksFailover(TestDhcpSchedulerBaseTestCase,
             # just make sure that no exception is raised
             self.remove_networks_from_down_agents()
 
+    def test_reschedule_network_catches_exceptions_on_fetching_bindings(self):
+        with mock.patch('neutron.context.get_admin_context') as get_ctx:
+            mock_ctx = mock.Mock()
+            get_ctx.return_value = mock_ctx
+            mock_ctx.session.query.side_effect = Exception()
+            # just make sure that no exception is raised
+            self.remove_networks_from_down_agents()
+
     def test_reschedule_doesnt_occur_if_no_agents(self):
         agents = self._create_and_set_agents_down(['host-a', 'host-b'], 2)
         self._test_schedule_bind_network([agents[0]], self.network_id)