diff --git a/cdist/core/explorer.py b/cdist/core/explorer.py
index 072ca692..874d36f2 100644
--- a/cdist/core/explorer.py
+++ b/cdist/core/explorer.py
@@ -214,22 +214,19 @@ class Explorer(object):
     def transfer_type_explorers(self, cdist_type):
         """Transfer the type explorers for the given type to the
            remote side."""
-        try:
-            if cdist_type.explorers:
-                if cdist_type.name in self._type_explorers_transferred:
-                    self.log.trace(("Skipping retransfer of type explorers "
-                                    "for: %s"), cdist_type)
-                else:
-                    source = os.path.join(self.local.type_path,
-                                          cdist_type.explorer_path)
-                    destination = os.path.join(self.remote.type_path,
-                                               cdist_type.explorer_path)
-                    self.remote.mkdir(destination)
-                    self.remote.transfer(source, destination)
-                    self.remote.run(["chmod", "0700", "%s/*" % (destination)])
-                    self._type_explorers_transferred.append(cdist_type.name)
-        except cdist.Error as e:
-            raise cdist.CdistObjectError(cdist_object, e)
+        if cdist_type.explorers:
+            if cdist_type.name in self._type_explorers_transferred:
+                self.log.trace(("Skipping retransfer of type explorers "
+                                "for: %s"), cdist_type)
+            else:
+                source = os.path.join(self.local.type_path,
+                                        cdist_type.explorer_path)
+                destination = os.path.join(self.remote.type_path,
+                                            cdist_type.explorer_path)
+                self.remote.mkdir(destination)
+                self.remote.transfer(source, destination)
+                self.remote.run(["chmod", "0700", "%s/*" % (destination)])
+                self._type_explorers_transferred.append(cdist_type.name)
 
     def transfer_object_parameters(self, cdist_object):
         """Transfer the parameters for the given object to the remote side."""
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index 64d2489e..1e3787fd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ next:
 	* New type: __docker_config (Ľubomír Kučera)
 	* New type: __docker_secret (Ľubomír Kučera)
 	* Type __letsencrypt_cert: Rewritten; WARN: breaks backward compatibility (Ľubomír Kučera)
+	* Core: Fix NameError: name 'cdist_object' is not defined (Darko Poljak)
 
 4.8.4: 2018-04-20
 	* Documentation, type manpages: Fix spelling (Dmitry Bogatov)