diff --git a/tests/test_libmat2.py b/tests/test_libmat2.py
index f8e62de03c0b55a01e5f2a42b52007cc097d78bf..602206f91a5ebdfc7bbc515c0ce2c67c6e21f7fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_libmat2.py
+++ b/tests/test_libmat2.py
@@ -531,9 +531,11 @@ class TestCleaning(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(p1.remove_all())
 
             p2 = case['parser'](p1.output_filename)
-            for k, v in p2.get_meta().items():
-                self.assertIn(k, case['expected_meta'])
-                self.assertIn(str(case['expected_meta'][k]), str(v))
+            meta = p2.get_meta()
+            if meta:
+                for k, v in p2.get_meta().items():
+                    self.assertIn(k, case['expected_meta'])
+                    self.assertIn(str(case['expected_meta'][k]), str(v))
             self.assertTrue(p2.remove_all())
 
             os.remove(target)