diff --git a/morss/feeds.py b/morss/feeds.py
index b5231c3..bdb02e3 100644
--- a/morss/feeds.py
+++ b/morss/feeds.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class ParserXML(ParserBase):
             match.attrib[key] = value
 
         else:
-            if len(match):
+            if match is not None and len(match):
                 # atom stuff
                 self._clean_node(match)