diff --git a/src/node/src/credentials.js b/src/node/src/credentials.js
index 043df06a669..51ff1da01ec 100644
--- a/src/node/src/credentials.js
+++ b/src/node/src/credentials.js
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ var Metadata = require('./metadata.js');
 
 var common = require('./common.js');
 
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
 /**
  * Create an SSL Credentials object. If using a client-side certificate, both
  * the second and third arguments must be passed.
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ exports.createFromMetadataGenerator = function(metadata_generator) {
       var message = '';
       if (error) {
         message = error.message;
-        if (error.hasOwnProperty('code')) {
+        if (error.hasOwnProperty('code') && _.isFinite(error.code)) {
           code = error.code;
         } else {
           code = grpc.status.UNAUTHENTICATED;
diff --git a/src/node/test/credentials_test.js b/src/node/test/credentials_test.js
index 0a21572582e..305843f665e 100644
--- a/src/node/test/credentials_test.js
+++ b/src/node/test/credentials_test.js
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ var fakeSuccessfulGoogleCredentials = {
 var fakeFailingGoogleCredentials = {
   getRequestMetadata: function(service_url, callback) {
     setTimeout(function() {
-      callback(new Error('Authentication failure'));
+      // Google credentials currently adds string error codes to auth errors
+      var error = new Error('Authentication failure');
+      error.code = 'ENOENT';
+      callback(error);
     }, 0);
   }
 };