diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
index 945d737354e..dbddad73127 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class CursorWrapper(object):
         except Database.OperationalError as e:
             # Map some error codes to IntegrityError, since they seem to be
             # misclassified and Django would prefer the more logical place.
-            if e[0] in self.codes_for_integrityerror:
+            if e.args[0] in self.codes_for_integrityerror:
                 six.reraise(utils.IntegrityError, utils.IntegrityError(*tuple(e.args)), sys.exc_info()[2])
             raise
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class CursorWrapper(object):
         except Database.OperationalError as e:
             # Map some error codes to IntegrityError, since they seem to be
             # misclassified and Django would prefer the more logical place.
-            if e[0] in self.codes_for_integrityerror:
+            if e.args[0] in self.codes_for_integrityerror:
                 six.reraise(utils.IntegrityError, utils.IntegrityError(*tuple(e.args)), sys.exc_info()[2])
             raise