diff --git a/backend/open_webui/apps/retrieval/utils.py b/backend/open_webui/apps/retrieval/utils.py
index b7d746bfa..174e37495 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/apps/retrieval/utils.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/apps/retrieval/utils.py
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ def query_collection(
                     k=k,
                     query_embedding=query_embedding,
                 )
-                results.append(result.model_dump())
+                if result is not None:
+                    results.append(result.model_dump())
             except Exception as e:
                 log.exception(f"Error when querying the collection: {e}")
         else: