X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fmessage.py;h=6e32b5f7ada2d825d4cd6c23403f6b6b1271691f;hb=f325bd599c2490bf74bf28dd36b8de6823e624d4;hp=de0fb4151e52e50c3f3eb684932b65820d74cf82;hpb=c3a683299d4c27d6eadaacf4fb516f73a6c69fc3;p=notmuch

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
index de0fb415..6e32b5f7 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
@@ -482,7 +482,9 @@ class Message(Python3StringMixIn):
         if status != 0:
             raise NotmuchError(status)
 
-        return value.value.decode('utf-8') if value is not None else None
+        if value is None or value.value is None:
+            return None
+        return value.value.decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_properties(self, prop="", exact=False):
         """ Get the properties of the message, returning a generator of