diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks.java
index 8024bd671b..573bca016b 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks.java
@@ -16,14 +16,27 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.in;
+import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.propagate;
+import static com.google.common.primitives.Ints.asList;
 import static org.jclouds.Fallbacks.valOnNotFoundOr404;
+import static org.jclouds.http.HttpUtils.returnValueOnCodeOrNull;
 
 import org.jclouds.Fallback;
 import org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine.domain.ListPage;
 
 public final class GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks {
+   public static class NullOn400or404 implements Fallback<Object> {
+      @Override public Object createOrPropagate(Throwable t) throws Exception {
+         Boolean returnVal = returnValueOnCodeOrNull(checkNotNull(t, "throwable"), false, in(asList(400, 404)));
+         if (returnVal != null)
+            return null;
+         throw propagate(t);
+      }
+   }
    public static final class EmptyListPageOnNotFoundOr404 implements Fallback<Object> {
-      public ListPage<Object> createOrPropagate(Throwable t) throws Exception {
+      @Override public ListPage<Object> createOrPropagate(Throwable t) throws Exception {
          return valOnNotFoundOr404(ListPage.create(null, null, null), t);
       }
    }
diff --git a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/features/ProjectApi.java b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/features/ProjectApi.java
index effbc833be..573aaa5c7a 100644
--- a/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/features/ProjectApi.java
+++ b/providers/google-compute-engine/src/main/java/org/jclouds/googlecomputeengine/features/ProjectApi.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
-import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.NullOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine.GoogleComputeEngineFallbacks.NullOn400or404;
 import org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine.binders.MetadataBinder;
 import org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine.domain.Operation;
 import org.jclouds.googlecomputeengine.domain.Project;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public interface ProjectApi {
    @GET
    @OAuthScopes(COMPUTE_READONLY_SCOPE)
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-   @Fallback(NullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @Fallback(NullOn400or404.class)
    @Path("/projects/{project}")
    Project get(@PathParam("project") String projectName);