diff --git a/libmat2/audio.py b/libmat2/audio.py
index 5f0c76586802fda54984e43bfa7287a0c4bb5274..0d54930eaf06a1bfc74b0e536701596226f014bb 100644
--- a/libmat2/audio.py
+++ b/libmat2/audio.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class MP3Parser(MutagenParser):
     def get_meta(self) -> Dict[str, Union[str, dict]]:
         metadata = {}  # type: Dict[str, Union[str, dict]]
         meta = mutagen.File(self.filename).tags
+        if not meta:
+            return metadata
         for key in meta:
             if not hasattr(meta[key], 'text'):  # pragma: no cover
                 continue