diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index ac2b51477..28336c435 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ class TemplateHTMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
 
     def get_template_context(self, data, renderer_context):
         response = renderer_context['response']
-        if isinstance(data, dict):
-            details = list(data['detail'])
-        else:
-            details = data
-        return {'details': details, 'status_code': response.status_code}
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            return {'details': data, 'status_code': response.status_code}
+        if response.exception:
+            data['status_code'] = response.status_code
+        return data
 
     def get_template_names(self, response, view):
         if response.template_name: