diff --git a/src/wallet/wallets/WalletError.ts b/src/wallet/wallets/WalletError.ts
index bada7cf5..8cf1bfe4 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallets/WalletError.ts
+++ b/src/wallet/wallets/WalletError.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ export class WalletError extends Error {
       if (typeof err === "string") {
         throw new WalletError(err, err);
       }
-      if (err instanceof Error) {
-        throw new WalletError(err.message, err);
+      if (
+        err instanceof Error ||
+        (typeof err === "object" && err != null && "message" in err)
+      ) {
+        throw new WalletError((err as Record<"message", string>).message, err);
       }
       throw new WalletError("unknown error", err);
     }