diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index 5b53587e8..43c17a06d 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ Marek Sarvas <marek.sarvas@gmail.com>
 Philippe A. R. Schaeffer <schaeff@compuphil.de>
     for reporting a minor bug
 
+Mohd Zamiri Sanin <zamiri.sanin@gmail.com>
+    for reporting a minor bug
+
 Jorge Santos <jorge_a_santos@hotmail.com>
     for reporting a minor bug
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/hash.py b/lib/utils/hash.py
index 5a7a42cae..e2bd69fbe 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try:
 
     # problems on FreeBSD (Reference: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/microsoft/Python/35880259/multiprocessing-on-freebsd.aspx)
     _ = multiprocessing.Queue()
-except ImportError, _:
+except (ImportError, OSError):
     pass
 else:
     _multiprocessing = multiprocessing