diff --git a/bin/netsvc.py b/bin/netsvc.py
index 91630563452..e0e97efe28d 100644
--- a/bin/netsvc.py
+++ b/bin/netsvc.py
@@ -364,10 +364,7 @@ class OpenERPDispatcher:
             self.log('service', service_name)
             self.log('method', method)
             self.log('params', params)
-            if hasattr(self,'auth_provider'):
-                auth = self.auth_provider
-            else:
-                auth = None
+            auth = getattr(self, 'auth_provider', None)
             result = ExportService.getService(service_name).dispatch(method, auth, params)
             self.log('result', result)
             # We shouldn't marshall None,
@@ -376,10 +373,7 @@ class OpenERPDispatcher:
             return result
         except Exception, e:
             self.log('exception', tools.exception_to_unicode(e))
-            if hasattr(e, 'traceback'):
-                tb = e.traceback
-            else:
-                tb = sys.exc_info()
+            tb = getattr(e, 'traceback', sys.exc_info())
             tb_s = "".join(traceback.format_exception(*tb))
             if tools.config['debug_mode']:
                 import pdb