diff --git a/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb b/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb
index 3c3d6fc9e..a90c8b306 100644
--- a/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/articles_helper.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module ArticlesHelper
   end
 
   def has_vid?(article)
+    return if article.processed_html.blank?
+
     article.processed_html.include?("youtube.com/embed/") || article.processed_html.include?("player.vimeo.com") || article.comments_blob.include?("youtube")
   end