diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
index a49f0bd67c..8e6e3eddba 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ async def _sentry_patched_exception_handler(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 exp = args[0]
 
                 is_http_server_error = (
-                    hasattr(exp, "status_code") and exp.status_code >= 500
+                    hasattr(exp, "status_code")
+                    and isinstance(exp.status_code, int)
+                    and exp.status_code >= 500
                 )
                 if is_http_server_error:
                     _capture_exception(exp, handled=True)