diff --git a/app/models/media_attachment.rb b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
index 42364641f39fc371c43a65ddc9c6362c71423549..1e36625ca9a2eaa0f1ac43aa7d75cba93bc8b480 100644
--- a/app/models/media_attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class MediaAttachment < ApplicationRecord
 
   def variant?(other_file_name)
     return true if file_file_name == other_file_name
+    return false if file_file_name.nil?
 
     formats = file.styles.values.map(&:format).compact