diff --git a/python/.changelog.d/2135.fixed b/python/.changelog.d/2135.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c6563f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/.changelog.d/2135.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed error when printing protobuf message with a missing required field.
diff --git a/python/src/trezorlib/protobuf.py b/python/src/trezorlib/protobuf.py
index 1f8e365b2..2ef2ee5e3 100644
--- a/python/src/trezorlib/protobuf.py
+++ b/python/src/trezorlib/protobuf.py
@@ -550,9 +550,13 @@ def format_message(
 
         return repr(value)
 
-    return "{name} ({size} bytes) {content}".format(
+    try:
+        byte_size = str(pb.ByteSize()) + " bytes"
+    except Exception:
+        byte_size = "encoding failed"
+    return "{name} ({size}) {content}".format(
         name=pb.__class__.__name__,
-        size=pb.ByteSize(),
+        size=byte_size,
         content=pformat("", pb.__dict__, indent),
     )