diff --git a/textract/parsers/msg_parser.py b/textract/parsers/msg_parser.py
index a1b7e17a..e521b481 100644
--- a/textract/parsers/msg_parser.py
+++ b/textract/parsers/msg_parser.py
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 def ensure_bytes(string):
     """Normalize string to bytes.
 
-    `ExtractMsg.Message._getStringStream` can return unicode or bytes depending
+    `extract_msg.Message._getStringStream` can return unicode or bytes depending
     on what is originally stored in message file.
 
     This helper functon makes sure, that bytes type is returned.
     """
     if isinstance(string, six.string_types):
         return string.encode('utf-8')
+    if string is None:
+        return b''
     return string