diff --git a/src/core/plugins/err/error-transformers/transformers/strip-instance.js b/src/core/plugins/err/error-transformers/transformers/strip-instance.js
index a9be2d9528c..b1235ff4616 100644
--- a/src/core/plugins/err/error-transformers/transformers/strip-instance.js
+++ b/src/core/plugins/err/error-transformers/transformers/strip-instance.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 export function transform(errors) {
   return errors
     .map(err => {
-      return err.set("message", removeSubstring(err.get("message"), "instance."))
+      if(err.type === "schema") {
+        return err.set("message", removeSubstring(err.get("message"), "instance\\."))
+      } else {
+        return err
+      }
     })
 }