diff --git a/python/tvm/rpc/tracker.py b/python/tvm/rpc/tracker.py
index e3346b162aaff..fbf7d110884ac 100644
--- a/python/tvm/rpc/tracker.py
+++ b/python/tvm/rpc/tracker.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def on_message(self, message):
                 del self._data[:4 + self._msg_size]
                 self._msg_size = 0
                 # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                self.call_handler(json.loads(msg))
+                self.call_handler(json.loads(msg, strict=False))
             else:
                 return