diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index 15da162493..d0235f4bd4 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -186,7 +186,15 @@ class SafeExceptionReporterFilter(ExceptionReporterFilter):
                 return request.POST
 
     def cleanse_special_types(self, request, value):
-        if isinstance(value, HttpRequest):
+        try:
+            # If value is lazy or a complex object of another kind, this check
+            # might raise an exception. isinstance checks that lazy HttpRequests
+            # or MultiValueDicts will have a return value.
+            is_request = isinstance(value, HttpRequest)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return '{!r} while evaluating {!r}'.format(e, value)
+
+        if is_request:
             # Cleanse the request's POST parameters.
             value = self.get_request_repr(value)
         elif isinstance(value, MultiValueDict):
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index 30dd3a90ad..51f86f225f 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from django.template.base import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, force_text
+from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 from django.views.debug import CallableSettingWrapper, ExceptionReporter
 
 from .. import BrokenException, except_args
@@ -380,6 +381,36 @@ class ExceptionReporterTests(TestCase):
         html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
         self.assertIn('<h1>ImportError at /test_view/</h1>', html)
 
+    def test_ignore_traceback_evaluation_exceptions(self):
+        """
+        Don't trip over exceptions generated by crafted objects when
+        evaluating them while cleansing (#24455).
+        """
+        class BrokenEvaluation(Exception):
+            pass
+
+        def broken_setup():
+            raise BrokenEvaluation
+
+        request = self.rf.get('/test_view/')
+        broken_lazy = SimpleLazyObject(broken_setup)
+        try:
+            bool(broken_lazy)
+        except BrokenEvaluation:
+            exc_type, exc_value, tb = sys.exc_info()
+
+        reporter = ExceptionReporter(request, exc_type, exc_value, tb)
+        try:
+            html = reporter.get_traceback_html()
+        except BrokenEvaluation:
+            self.fail("Broken evaluation in traceback is not caught.")
+
+        self.assertIn(
+            "BrokenEvaluation",
+            html,
+            "Evaluation exception reason not mentioned in traceback"
+        )
+
 
 class PlainTextReportTests(TestCase):
     rf = RequestFactory()