diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/__init__.py
index 4595a3c79c4..85d99e5f7ee 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mqtt/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mqtt/__init__.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class MQTT(object):
         """Message received callback."""
         try:
             payload = msg.payload.decode('utf-8')
-        except AttributeError:
+        except (AttributeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             _LOGGER.error("Illegal utf-8 unicode payload from "
                           "MQTT topic: %s, Payload: %s", msg.topic,
                           msg.payload)