diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py
index 3c62b9671d..147e940eb4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/fb2/input.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class FB2Input(InputFormatPlugin):
     def extract_embedded_content(self, doc):
         self.binary_map = {}
         for elem in doc.xpath('./*'):
-            if 'binary' in elem.tag and elem.attrib.has_key('id'):
+            if elem.text and 'binary' in elem.tag and elem.attrib.has_key('id'):
                 ct = elem.get('content-type', '')
                 fname = elem.attrib['id']
                 ext = ct.rpartition('/')[-1].lower()