diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/services/errors_parser.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/services/errors_parser.js.coffee
index 12c1682d77..87a83360a1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/services/errors_parser.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/utils/services/errors_parser.js.coffee
@@ -2,16 +2,25 @@
 angular.module("admin.utils").factory "ErrorsParser", ->
   new class ErrorsParser
     toString: (errors, defaultContent = "") =>
+      return defaultContent unless errors?
+
+      errorsString = ""
       if errors.length > 0
         # it is an array of errors
-        errorsString = error + "\n" for error in errors
+        errorsString = this.arrayToString(errors)
       else
         # it is a hash of errors
         keys = Object.keys(errors)
-        errorsString = ""
         for key in keys
-          errorsString += error for error in errors[key]
+          errorsString += this.arrayToString(errors[key])
 
-        errorsString = defaultContent if errorsString == ""
+      this.defaultIfEmpty(errorsString, defaultContent)
 
-      errorsString
+    arrayToString: (array) =>
+      string = ""
+      string += entry + "\n" for entry in array
+      string
+
+    defaultIfEmpty: (content, defaultContent) =>
+      return defaultContent if content == ""
+      content
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
index 600e0c16e4..4feff89868 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ describe "AdminProductEditCtrl", ->
           $httpBackend.expectPOST("/admin/products/bulk_update").respond 400, { "errors": { "base": ["a basic error"] } }
           $scope.updateProducts "updated list of products"
           $httpBackend.flush()
-          expect($scope.displayFailure).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Saving failed with the following error(s):\na basic error")
+          expect($scope.displayFailure).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Saving failed with the following error(s):\na basic error\n")
 
 
   describe "adding variants", ->
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/utils/services/errors_parser_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/utils/services/errors_parser_spec.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ae47b201a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/utils/services/errors_parser_spec.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+describe "ErrorsParser service", ->
+  errorsParser = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    module('admin.utils')
+    inject (ErrorsParser) ->
+      errorsParser = ErrorsParser
+
+  describe "toString", ->
+    it "returns empty string for nil errors", ->
+      expect(errorsParser.toString(null)).toEqual ""
+
+    it "returns the elements in the array if an array is provided", ->
+      expect(errorsParser.toString(["1", "2"])).toEqual "1\n2\n"
+
+    it "returns the elements in the hash if a hash is provided", ->
+      expect(errorsParser.toString({ "keyname": ["1", "2"] })).toEqual "1\n2\n"
+
+    it "returns all elements in all hash keys provided", ->
+      expect(errorsParser.toString({ "keyname1": ["1", "2"], "keyname2": ["3", "4"] })).toEqual "1\n2\n3\n4\n"