diff --git a/newrelic/api/time_trace.py b/newrelic/api/time_trace.py
index fd0f62fdef..43b1ea2299 100644
--- a/newrelic/api/time_trace.py
+++ b/newrelic/api/time_trace.py
@@ -360,16 +360,23 @@ def _observe_exception(self, exc_info=None, ignore=None, expected=None, status_c
         return fullname, message, message_raw, tb, is_expected
 
     def notice_error(self, error=None, attributes=None, expected=None, ignore=None, status_code=None):
+        def error_is_iterable(error):
+            return hasattr(error, "__iter__") and not isinstance(error, (str, bytes))
+
+        def none_in_error(error):
+            return error_is_iterable(error) and None in error
+
         attributes = attributes if attributes is not None else {}
 
         # If no exception details provided, use current exception.
 
-        # Pull from sys.exc_info if no exception is passed
-        if not error or None in error:
+        # Pull from sys.exc_info() if no exception is passed
+        # Check that the error exists and that it is a fully populated iterable
+        if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
             error = sys.exc_info()
 
             # If no exception to report, exit
-            if not error or None in error:
+            if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
                 return
 
         exc, value, tb = error
diff --git a/newrelic/core/stats_engine.py b/newrelic/core/stats_engine.py
index f44f82fe13..b6d2092d99 100644
--- a/newrelic/core/stats_engine.py
+++ b/newrelic/core/stats_engine.py
@@ -676,9 +676,14 @@ def record_time_metrics(self, metrics):
             self.record_time_metric(metric)
 
     def notice_error(self, error=None, attributes=None, expected=None, ignore=None, status_code=None):
+        def error_is_iterable(error):
+            return hasattr(error, "__iter__") and not isinstance(error, (str, bytes))
+
+        def none_in_error(error):
+            return error_is_iterable(error) and None in error
+
         attributes = attributes if attributes is not None else {}
         settings = self.__settings
-
         if not settings:
             return
 
@@ -691,11 +696,12 @@ def notice_error(self, error=None, attributes=None, expected=None, ignore=None,
             return
 
         # Pull from sys.exc_info if no exception is passed
-        if not error or None in error:
+        # Check that the error exists and that it is a fully populated iterable
+        if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
             error = sys.exc_info()
 
             # If no exception to report, exit
-            if not error or None in error:
+            if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
                 return
 
         exc, value, tb = error
diff --git a/tests/agent_features/test_notice_error.py b/tests/agent_features/test_notice_error.py
index e698dee7be..636dadc09c 100644
--- a/tests/agent_features/test_notice_error.py
+++ b/tests/agent_features/test_notice_error.py
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@
 
 # =============== Test errors during a transaction ===============
 
+_key_error_name = callable_name(KeyError)
+
+_test_notice_error_exception_object = [(_key_error_name, "'f'")]
+
+
+@validate_transaction_errors(errors=_test_notice_error_exception_object)
+@background_task()
+def test_notice_error_non_iterable_object():
+    """Test that notice_error works when passed an exception object directly"""
+    try:
+        test_dict = {"a": 4, "b": 5}
+        # Force a KeyError
+        test_dict["f"]
+    except KeyError as e:
+        # The caught exception here is a non-iterable, singular KeyError object with no associated traceback
+        # This will exercise logic to pull from sys.exc_info() instead of using the exception directly
+        notice_error(e)
+
+
 _test_notice_error_sys_exc_info = [(_runtime_error_name, "one")]