diff --git a/golem/ethereum/node.py b/golem/ethereum/node.py
index f820fae35f..75e7172357 100644
--- a/golem/ethereum/node.py
+++ b/golem/ethereum/node.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from typing import List
 
-from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
+from web3 import Web3
 
 from golem.ethereum.web3.providers import ProviderProxy
 from golem.report import report_calls, Component
diff --git a/golem/ethereum/web3/providers.py b/golem/ethereum/web3/providers.py
index bf73c416c4..44b6e836dd 100644
--- a/golem/ethereum/web3/providers.py
+++ b/golem/ethereum/web3/providers.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def make_request(self, method, params):
                     'GETH: request successful %s (%r, %r) -- result = %r',
                     self.provider.endpoint_uri, method, params, response
                 )
-            except (ConnectionError, ValueError,
+            except (ConnectionError,
                     socket.error, CannotHandleRequest) as exc:
                 retries += 1
                 self._register_retry()
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ def _create_remote_rpc_provider(self):
     def _handle_remote_rpc_provider_failure(self, method: str, final: bool):
         if final:
             raise Exception(
-                "GETH: Node limit exhausted, request failed. method='%s'",
-                method
+                "GETH: Node limit exhausted, request failed."
+                f" method='{method}'",
             )
         logger.warning(
             "GETH: '%s' request failed on '%s', "
diff --git a/tests/golem/ethereum/web3/test_providers.py b/tests/golem/ethereum/web3/test_providers.py
index aca9666faf..7f4aaec9ef 100644
--- a/tests/golem/ethereum/web3/test_providers.py
+++ b/tests/golem/ethereum/web3/test_providers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# pylint: disable=protected-access
 import datetime
 import time
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
     SINGLE_QUERY_RETRY_LIMIT,
 )
 
+
 @patch('web3.providers.rpc.HTTPProvider')
 class TestProviders(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -50,6 +52,25 @@ def test_unrecoverable_errors(self, *_):
             SINGLE_QUERY_RETRY_LIMIT * len(self._nodes_list)
         )
 
+    @patch(
+        'golem.ethereum.web3.providers.HTTPProvider.make_request',
+        side_effect=ValueError({
+            'code': -32000,
+            'message': 'missing trie node 32de5daba1d1013d41aca01c66772685576afb925779aa35d4d5a9de6e41d8c0 (path )',  # noqa pylint: disable=line-too-long
+        }),
+    )
+    def test_non_connection_error(self, *_):
+        result = None
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            result = self.proxy.make_request("a", [])
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, None)
+        self.proxy.provider.make_request.assert_called_once_with("a", [])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.proxy.provider.make_request.call_count,
+            1,
+        )
+
     def test_first_retry(self, *_):
         with freezegun.freeze_time(datetime.datetime.utcnow()):
             now = time.time()
@@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ def test_subsequent_distant_retry(self, *_):
             now = time.time()
             frt = now - RETRY_COUNT_INTERVAL - 1
             self.proxy._first_retry_time = frt
-            self._retries = 2
+            self.proxy._retries = 2
             self.proxy._register_retry()
 
         self.assertEqual(self.proxy._first_retry_time, now)