diff --git a/readability/htmls.py b/readability/htmls.py
index 92598d4a..15eada31 100644
--- a/readability/htmls.py
+++ b/readability/htmls.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def norm_title(title):
 
 def get_title(doc):
     title = doc.find('.//title')
-    if title is None or len(title.text) == 0:
+    if title is None or title.text is None or len(title.text) == 0:
         return '[no-title]'
 
     return norm_title(title.text)