diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
index 62384f54f..4003fb5ad 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ def hasattr_silent(object, name):
     """
 
     try:
+	    if not object:
+		    return False
         return hasattr(object, name)
     except AttributeError:
         return False