diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index d85f53f65..73d85cdd3 100644
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -733,8 +733,9 @@ class MetadataSourcePlugin(object):
         query_filters = {'album': album}
         if not va_likely:
             query_filters['artist'] = artist
-        albums = self._search_api(query_type='album', filters=query_filters)
-        return [self.album_for_id(album_id=a['id']) for a in albums]
+        results = self._search_api(query_type='album', filters=query_filters)
+        albums = [self.album_for_id(album_id=r['id']) for r in results]
+        return [a for a in albums if a is not None]
 
     def item_candidates(self, item, artist, title):
         """Returns a list of TrackInfo objects for Search API results