diff --git a/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py b/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
index 93015232b54..1b5ee06f84c 100644
--- a/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class IrHttp(models.AbstractModel):
             _, path = rule.build(arguments)
             assert path is not None
         except Exception as e:
-            return cls._handle_exception(e, code=404)
+            return cls._handle_exception(e)
 
         if getattr(request, 'is_frontend_multilang', False) and request.httprequest.method in ('GET', 'HEAD'):
             generated_path = werkzeug.url_unquote_plus(path)
diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
index 7381737f245..0f6369758cc 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_http.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class Http(models.AbstractModel):
         return super(Http, cls)._get_default_lang()
 
     @classmethod
-    def _handle_exception(cls, exception, code=500):
+    def _handle_exception(cls, exception):
+        code = 500  # default code
         is_website_request = bool(getattr(request, 'is_frontend', False) and getattr(request, 'website', False))
         if not is_website_request:
             # Don't touch non website requests exception handling