diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 046a7d837..44e1ef7a9 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -202,11 +202,9 @@ class Connect:
                     page = e.read()
                     responseHeaders = e.info()
                 except socket.timeout:
-                    page, responseHeaders = None, None
                     warnMsg  = "connection timed out while trying "
                     warnMsg += "to get error page information (%d)" % e.code
                     logger.warn(warnMsg)
-
                     return None, None
 
                 code = e.code
diff --git a/lib/utils/google.py b/lib/utils/google.py
index efb72af62..61d1b3695 100644
--- a/lib/utils/google.py
+++ b/lib/utils/google.py
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ class Google:
     
             logger.log(8, responseMsg)
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-            page = e.read()
+            try:
+                page = e.read()
+            except socket.timeout:
+                warnMsg  = "connection timed out while trying "
+                warnMsg += "to get error page information (%d)" % e.code
+                logger.warn(warnMsg)
+                return None
         except (urllib2.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout), e:
             errMsg = "unable to connect to Google"
             raise sqlmapConnectionException, errMsg