diff --git a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
index 4a8960d3cabdac1852f42e89a6c2e61d0ca4577e..f1f1fcba7c15056dc2435e67da1adcae5d1822a6 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base.py
@@ -851,10 +851,14 @@ class Trackable(object):
       """Serializes `self.get_config()` for saving."""
       dereferenced_self = weak_self()
       if dereferenced_self:
-        return json.dumps(
-            dereferenced_self,
-            default=serialization.get_json_type,
-            sort_keys=True).encode("utf8")
+        try:
+          return json.dumps(
+              dereferenced_self,
+              default=serialization.get_json_type,
+              sort_keys=True).encode("utf8")
+        except TypeError:
+          # Even if get_config worked objects may have produced garbage.
+          return ""
       else:
         return ""
     return {OBJECT_CONFIG_JSON_KEY: functools.partial(
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base_test.py b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base_test.py
index 4a74417e3ba9a081ad2a6c7150e63ffd3aa898fa..d76e20edf7e8dcca11c588a05cc7514625083086 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/training/tracking/base_test.py
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ class InterfaceTests(test.TestCase):
     with self.assertRaisesRegexp(AssertionError, "foo_attr"):
       status.assert_consumed()
 
+  def testBuggyGetConfig(self):
+
+    class NotSerializable(object):
+      pass
+
+    class GetConfigRaisesError(base.Trackable):
+
+      def get_config(self):
+        return NotSerializable()
+
+    util.Checkpoint(obj=GetConfigRaisesError()).save(
+        os.path.join(self.get_temp_dir(), "ckpt"))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   ops.enable_eager_execution()